From false health claims to misleading statements on immigration, politics and conflict—our expert team delivers impartial, evidence based fact checks.
Education
Research is mixed on whether there's underlying racial bias in admissions to Russell Group universities. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
MPs have called for an end to the "tampon tax", arguing they're essential items and so VAT shouldn't be paid on them. Are razors and Jaffa Cakes exempt too? Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Yes, if you compare 1997 to 2010, when the economy was in a slump. Production has been, broadly, in decline for decades. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
70% of respondents to a survey said they'd be happy to have a wind farm built in their local area. Some other forms of renewable energy are more popular. Read
Health
Did an international health watchdog find that processed meat is as likely to cause cancer as smoking? No. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The ethnic group your name is associated with does have an impact on the likelihood of your success in job applications, according to research from 2009. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The House of Lords has been discussing whether, under the 'Salisbury Convention', it's obliged to pass the Energy Bill because it emerged from the Conservative manifesto. Read
Health
The Health Secretary has claimed that 11,000 weekend deaths are caused by understaffed hospitals, but the research he cites doesn't show this. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Six million jobs were paid at below the living wage in 2014, according to ONS figures. But that doesn't mean six million individual workers were. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Based on guaranteed fixed prices, new nuclear power is expected to be cheaper than offshore wind but more expensive than onshore wind. Read
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