From false health claims to misleading statements on immigration, politics and conflict—our expert team delivers impartial, evidence based fact checks.
Europe
Two government jobs include a commitment to the “best possible outcome” for the UK after Brexit as a small part of the selection criteria. Read
Health
We don’t have figures specifically for the total number of nurses on hospital wards. Read
Education
It’s important not to read too much into the UK’s rank alone, or draw conclusions from changes in our rankings about whether our education system is getting better or worse. Read
Education
You can look at the schools budget in terms of the actual cash that’s being spent, the value of that cash after prices have risen, and how it divides per pupil. Read
Education
Poor children in particular seem to do particularly well at grammar schools (if they attend in the first place). Read
Education
To set up a free school in England you need to show that there’s parental demand, and either a basic shortage of places or a lack of good school places in the area. Read
Health
It’s hard to say exactly how far NHS bed numbers have fallen in the past ten years, since the count before 2010 included different things. Read
Immigration
You need to tread carefully when drawing conclusions about today's headlines. Read
Health
The Prime Minister and leader of the opposition clashed over the number of hospitals which are unsafe and how many are good or outstanding during Prime Minister’s Questions. We factchecked their claim Read
Health
We don’t know yet how changes to NHS bursaries will affect the number of places universities offer. Read
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