From false health claims to misleading statements on immigration, politics and conflict—our expert team delivers impartial, evidence based fact checks.
Economy, Business & Finance
Jeremy Corbyn has claimed at Labour's annual conference that self-employed people make up one in seven of the labour force. We investigate. Read
Europe
Business for Britain says the UK pays a fifth of all VAT going into the EU budget. We look at the figures behind the claim. Read
Health
Rising costs have caused NHS England to remove some drugs from the Cancer Drugs Fund, which could soon be replaced by a new system. Read
Health
Members of the British Medical Association voted against the junior doctors contract agreed in May. The government will introduce the contract from October. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Housing was first up in Jeremy Corbyn's debut Prime Minister's Questions, where he claimed there was a housing gap of around 100,000. Read
Education
We take a look at the different ways of measuring university participation by young people and disadvantaged young people. Read
Europe
Difficulties getting a visa for a spouse aren't directly caused by the EU; they reflect government policy on immigration, which EU migration affects. Read
Europe
How many migrants have arrived in Europe in 2015? How many are expected to come? How many people arrived in the UK in 2014? We look at the facts. Read
Europe
The Sun quotes the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development as saying that many migrants aren't fleeing war zones. Here's what else the OECD said. Read
Europe
The Mail claims that 1 in 5 asylum seekers have been Syrian. The Guardian says there is evidence that's changing as the situation develops. Both are right. Read
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