Joseph O’Leary

Training Manager

Joe has been fact checking UK politics and policy for over a decade, having joined the team in 2011. He has delivered training in fact checking to civil servants, statisticians, journalists and businesses, both in the UK and internationally, as well as designing accredited courses in data analysis for the FE sector. Joe also enjoys teaching critical thinking in primary and secondary schools, and regularly gives talks to journalism students. He is now designing courses to help businesses and employees use data with more confidence.

14 September 2018

How many people on zero hours contracts want more hours?

Around 780,000 people were estimated to be on zero hours contracts in mid-2018.

21 August 2018

Could ‘opt-out’ organ donation save 700 lives a year?

Organ transplants could soon be an ‘opt out’ system in England, but there’s limited evidence for how effective the change will be.

3 August 2018

UK economic growth within the G7

The UK had the fastest growing economy in the G7 in 2015, middling growth in 2016 and became the slowest grower in 2017.

25 July 2018

How the jobs market for young people has changed since 2010

Youth unemployment has fallen in the last eight years, and young people stay on in full time education more than they used to.

13 July 2018

BBC Question Time: factchecked

This week Question Time was in Dartford. We factchecked claims on post-Brexit customs arrangements, how constituencies voted in the EU referendum, our EU budget contributions, and who we trade with.

13 July 2018

The UK is one of the biggest contributors to the EU budget

The UK has been the third or fourth largest contributing country to the EU budget in recent years, and of the 28 member states is one of 10 to contribute more than it gets back in receipts.

6 July 2018

BBC Question Time: factchecked

This week Question Time was in King's Lynn. We factchecked claims on social care funding, universal credit and food banks, NHS funding and satisfaction.

6 July 2018

Is Universal Credit driving people to food banks?

Trussell Trust research shows increases in food bank use in areas where Universal Credit has been rolled out. It’s difficult to measure the extent that one is causing the other.

4 July 2018

How has life changed in the UK since the NHS was founded?

The NHS is celebrating its 70th birthday. Here are eight charts that show just some of the ways, large and small, that the UK has changed since the 1940s.

29 June 2018

BBC Question Time: factchecked

This week Question Time was in Exeter. We factchecked claims on the UK's trade with the EU, who uses Heathrow Airport, the UK's carbon emissions targets, and funding for the armed forces.

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Joseph O’Leary

Training Manager

How many people on zero hours contracts want more hours?

Could ‘opt-out’ organ donation save 700 lives a year?

UK economic growth within the G7

How the jobs market for young people has changed since 2010

BBC Question Time: factchecked

The UK is one of the biggest contributors to the EU budget

BBC Question Time: factchecked

Is Universal Credit driving people to food banks?

How has life changed in the UK since the NHS was founded?

BBC Question Time: factchecked

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