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News and updates from the Full Fact team

10 June 2016

Facts on Victoria Derbyshire

Our Director Will was on the BBC's Victoria Derbyshire Show this morning with Anand Menon, Director of the UK in a Changing Europe, talking about facts and neutrality in the …

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Facts on Victoria Derbyshire
7 June 2016

Bite the Ballot: #InOutLive

Full Fact were at the #InOutLive EU referendum debate, alongside Bob Geldof and Katie Hopkins.

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Bite the Ballot: #InOutLive
3 June 2016

The Three Questions

Our Director Will spoke to reporters from Felicity Evans’ flagship show about which numbers matter and which don’t in the EU referendum.

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The Three Questions
2 June 2016

Full Fact's first Wikipedia edit-a-thon

The Full Fact team and some keen volunteers spent their Saturday improving Wikipedia's most-read pages on the EU

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Full Fact's first Wikipedia edit-a-thon
2 June 2016

Vote Leave and Stronger In, factchecked, over breakfast

Joseph O'Leary spoke to BBC Radio Shropshire this morning about the Vote Leave and Stronger In EU campaigns

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Vote Leave and Stronger In, factchecked, over breakfast
25 May 2016

Early mornings for EU factchecking

We've been on LBC radio and Good Morning Britain in the past week, talking about EU factchecking and immigration

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Early mornings for EU factchecking
18 May 2016

Full Fact at News Impact Summit, London

Full Fact spoke at the News Impact Summit, hosted by the European Journalism Centre and Google News Lab

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Full Fact at News Impact Summit, London
9 May 2016

The government's EU leaflet, factchecked (on air)

Full Fact Director Will Moy spoke to Juliette Foster about our launch today of the government's EU leaflet

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The government's EU leaflet, factchecked (on air)
8 May 2016

Civil Service World

Full Fact Director Will Moy talks to Civil Service World about official statistics and how we get corrections.

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Civil Service World
21 April 2016

UK Statistics Authority calls £350m EU membership fee claim "potentially misleading"

UK's statistics watchdog says Vote Leave's use of £350m per week EU membership fee is "potentially misleading" if you leave out the caveat that we get a rebate.

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UK Statistics Authority calls £350m EU membership fee claim "potentially misleading"
19 April 2016

EU Wikipedia edit-a-thon

Full Fact is organizing a Wikipedia edit-a-thon before the UK European Union membership referendum. Everyone is welcome! Saturday 14 May at Newspeak House.

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EU Wikipedia edit-a-thon
18 April 2016

Five questions about the Treasury model

We've got five questions about the model the Treasury has used for its much-publicised EU analysis announced today.

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Five questions about the Treasury model

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