Explainers and other analysis to deal with misunderstood topics and translate complexity into clarity.
Question Time was in Perth this week. On the panel were Conservative MP Kwasi Kwarteng, Labour MP Caroline Flint, the SNP’s Kate Forbes MSP, rapper Darren McGarvey, and Stagecoach founder Brian Souter Read
We factchecked claims on immigration and wages, whether universities are white and middle class, how much is spent on the NHS and social care and where UK applicants to Oxford university come from. Read
Health
In collaboration with the Nuffield Trust we looked at whether or not this winter was the worst ever for the NHS in England. Read
We factchecked claims relating to Grenfell, deaths because of stabbings and shootings and on police budgets and numbers and prosecutions and prison sentences for people carrying blades. Read
Europe
The government outlined two post-Brexit customs options. “Max fac” aims to create a “frictionless” customs border. A customs partnership would create a system where the UK collects EU tariffs. Read
Question Time was in Kettering this week. We’ve factchecked claims on youth unemployment, perceived threats to world peace, and several Coalition and Conservative policies on youth and education. Read
Question Time was in St Albans this week. We factchecked UK population change, non-decent homes, what money House of Lords members get, post-Brexit economic forecasts, and if student loans are debts. Read
Question Time was in Bury St Edmunds this week. We factchecked immigration law for Commonwealth citizens, and for non-EEA partners, what was known about Windrush in 2014, and economic growth in Asia. Read
Europe
The EU’s customs union was first established in 1968 by the six founding member states of the current EU (Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands). Read
Question Time was in Chesterfield this week. We factchecked the net migration target, how many stop and searches are knife-related, and result in arrests, and primary school children carrying drugs. Read
Fact checking claims made by politicians, public figures and viral online content can give you the full picture backed by the evidence.
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