From false health claims to misleading statements on immigration, politics and conflict—our expert team delivers impartial, evidence based fact checks.
Crime
The number of young offenders has fallen to a record low, but the proportion of BAME young offenders in custody has risen over the last ten years. Read
Health
What does a crude search for articles containing both NHS and “winter crisis” in a newspaper database tell us about use of the term? Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Labour is not expecting a run on the pound, but both Corbyn and McDonnell support “scenario-plans” which consider what to do if it should happen under their government. Read
Health
The NHS “got less than we asked for”, the chief of NHS England Simon Stevens told MPs in the Public Accounts Committee in January. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The deficit has been coming down, but not as rapidly as the Coalition and the Conservatives had said in 2010 and 2015. Read
Health
“Overall, how happy did you feel yesterday”, the Office for National Statistics asks people every year. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
There is no evidence we’ve seen showing that 10,000 jobs have already been lost in financial services following the EU referendum. Read
Education
Jeremy Corbyn didn’t commit to abolishing student debt before the last election, although he did say he would “deal with” the high debts of graduates and was looking at ways to do so. Read
Education
Higher tuition fees don’t seem to have affected the longer-term trend of more disadvantaged students going to university. Read
Health
9,800 staff reporting they were from the EU left NHS England between June 2016 and June 2017. Read
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