Health
How many NHS employees are there?
There are roughly 1.5 million people employed by the NHS but this is a headcount. There are other ways of counting such as Full-Time Equivalents. Read
Analysis
Analysis
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Health
What is the NHS budget?
NHS funding works differently across the country, but most of the budget comes from the Government. Read
Analysis
Health
What is the NHS?
The NHS stands for the National Health Service: Government-funded health care and medical services that everyone in the UK can use without being asked to pay the full cost. Read
Analysis
SNP manifesto launch, factchecked
We've factchecked five claims from the SNP manifesto launch. Read
Analysis
Health
Is the NHS in crisis?
There are so many ways of measuring success in the NHS, but the results from the Nuffield Trust show that the NHS does face significant problems in many different areas. Read
Analysis
Liberal Democrat party manifesto launch, factchecked
We've factchecked five claims from the Liberal Democrat party manifesto launch. Read
Analysis
Economy, Business & Finance
Is housing getting less affordable?
But what does ‘affordable housing’ mean? The word is used to mean different things in different contexts, and there’s no single measure of the ‘right amount’ to spend on housing. Read
Analysis
UKIP manifesto launch, factchecked
We've factchecked claims from UKIP's 2017 election manifesto launch. Read
Analysis
Economy, Business & Finance
What does “Full Employment” actually mean?
Labour has pledged to achieve full employment, as the Conservative Party did in the last general election, which might mean a very high employment rate or a very low unemployment rate. Read
Analysis
BBC Question Time, factchecked
We factchecked the panel's claims on social care, foreign aid, council cuts, tuition fees and buy to let. Read
Analysis
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