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EU debate: the 85 claims that we're checking
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We do fact checks and explain news from Europe and the UK's links with it, so you can understand the big stories.
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Does Brussels influence 70% of UK law?
Last week a number of outlets reported that 70% of our laws are influenced by Brussels. Read
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Does Europe account for half of the world's welfare spending?
With Europe and welfare reform both topics at the top of the political agenda at the moment, Chancellor George Osborne used his speech to Open Europe this week to claim that European countries "can't go on" spending the amounts they do on social protection. Read
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New Year's resolution #3: I will not repeat inaccurate claims
As Oscar Wilde might have said had he jacked in the play writing and become a factchecker, "to make a mistake once is unfortunate, to make it twice looks like … Read
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Bulgarian immigration: has the Home Office failed to reject a single work permit request?
The Bulgarian ambassador was quoted today as claiming that the wave of migrants that some expect to come from his country to the UK after restrictions on working rights are lifted in January might not materialise, as those restrictions have had little effect. Read
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Does less money for the EU mean more money for us?
The Liberal Democrats claim they've overseen a £30 billion cut to the EU budget. But does this mean the UK will be paying any less? Read
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Over here and under arrest: are Romanians responsible for 90% of ATM crime?
With Romanians and Bulgarians due to gain full working rights in the UK in a little over two months, several papers have suggested crime will accompany a "wave" of immigration. What is the basis for this? Read
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Who's claiming more in benefits? Britons in Spain, or EU nationals here?
Last week it was reported that there are more Britons claiming benefits in Spain than there are EU nationals claiming benefits in the UK. The government has said there are legitimate concerns about welfare tourism, and migrants from the European Union coming here to claim. But is this particular comparison an accurate one? Read
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Are there 600,000 unemployed EU migrants in the UK?
A leaked European Commission report was at the centre of a media storm this weekend, with the Sunday Telegraph claiming that it revealed the "true scale of European immigration". Now that the report has been made public, what can we conclude from it? Read
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