Grace Rahman

News & Online Editor

Grace joined Full Fact in March 2018 from the Press Association. She’s in charge of our work on the Third Party Fact Checking programme with Facebook and is particularly interested in debunking rumours spreading on social media.

16 August 2018

How many people die in fires?

The number of people dying in fires in 2017/18 was up a quarter on the year before.

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10 August 2018

What are the rules on burkas and niqabs in the UK?

Women wearing veils for religious reasons do have to show their faces in passport photos, when entering the country and if police ask them to.

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9 August 2018

How to spot misleading videos online

Full Fact's guide to checking a video is what it says it is.

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6 August 2018

Violence and drugs in prison

In England and Wales’ prisons, drugs finds, assaults, and self-harm incidents are at a decade-high.

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1 August 2018

How many armed police are there?

The number of police firearms incidents are at a ten year high.

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26 July 2018

Mental health: there are fewer beds, nurses and psychiatry trainees than in 2010

The number of mental health beds and nurses have decreased since 2010, and there are fewer psychiatrists in training.

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20 July 2018

Are MPs allowed second jobs?

MPs are allowed to do work outside of parliament, but they have to declare what that is, how many hours they work and what they’re paid.

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10 July 2018

Pet theft: what’s the law?

A petition signed by over 100,000 people has asked parliament to make stealing pets a crime “in its own right”.

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6 July 2018

How is the NHS funded?

Most NHS funding is from general taxation, some from National Insurance contributions and a few percent come from patient charges.

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4 July 2018

How much money does the UK spend on aid compared to the rest of the G7?

In 2017, the UK spent a larger proportion of its income on aid than the other G7 countries.

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