From false health claims to misleading statements on immigration, politics and conflict—our expert team delivers impartial, evidence based fact checks.
Crime
Criminal trials can finish unexpectedly due to witness problems. But contrary to what's been reported, witnesses aren't the only cause of "cracked" trials. Read
Immigration
A government claim about the number of Muslim women with little or no English is backed up by Office for National Statistics analysis of the 2011 census. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
We factchecked the panel's claims on junior doctors, deaths in hospitals at weekends, what the UK pays into the EU, and housing. Read
Health
Jeremy Hunt has said that people who have a stroke at the weekend are 20% more likely to die. Some of our readers asked us to investigate. Read
A European human rights case is said to make a big change to employees' right to privacy at work. But employees generally may not be affected. Read
Health
It's been suggested that junior doctors' strike action could put 200 lives at risk, but that number isn't backed up by any published evidence. Read
Europe
Campaigners to stay in the EU have invoked the number of UK students going abroad on the Erasmus programme. Their figures are broadly correct. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
In an interview with David Cameron on the weekend, Andrew Marr claimed that many more social homes have been sold under Right to Buy than replaced. Read
The claim that the state saves £6 for every £1 spent on legal aid should be treated with caution. It's evolved out of several different pieces of research. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Labour's attack on David Cameron over flood defence spending doesn't prove that total spending has fallen on his watch, but cuts have been made in some areas. Read
Fact checking claims made by politicians, public figures and viral online content can give you the full picture backed by the evidence.
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