Europe
Ask Full Fact: have 100 EU 'powers' been returned to the UK?
Have 100 EU 'powers' been returned to UK control? Yes, if by 'powers' you mean specific laws. Read
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Europe
Cash for asylum seekers: hard to say whether we give more
Media explanations about the rate of cash support for asylum seekers in France and the UK are comparing the wrong things - understandably, as it's complex. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Ashes to ashes, grants to loans: how scrapping maintenance grants will affect students
The government is scrapping maintenance grants, replacing them with larger loans. What effect will this have? Read
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Health
Nobody knows how many lives could be saved by a seven-day NHS
It's claimed that better NHS care at weekends—the "7-day NHS"—could save 3,000 lives, or 6,000, or somewhere in between. In reality, nobody really knows. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Britain's privatised rail: 40% too expensive?
Research carried out for the government a few years ago is the source for Andy Burnham's claim that our railways cost 40% more to run than others in Europe. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Kids Company: doubts over how many it helped
The now-defunct Kids Company claimed to be helping 36,000 people in 2015—the same number it claimed to help in 2011. Does this add up? Read
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Immigration
How many asylum seekers has Britain had?
Figures given by Channel 4 News on asylum seekers are correct: in the first three months of 2015, six EU countries received more applications than Britain. Read
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Immigration
A new Hong Kong in Northern Ireland?
It was a plan "too preposterous for words" according to the Belfast Telegraph, but that didn't stop a number of outlets reporting seriously on it. Read
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Europe
UN wrong on asylum seekers in Britain
Peter Sutherland of the UN is right that the UK receives fewer asylum seekers than other EU countries, but not as few as BBC listeners were led to believe. Read
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Crime
Cracking up: efficiency in the criminal courts
Michael Gove is right that less than half of criminal trials went as planned last year. Concerns about the efficiency of the criminal courts are growing. Read
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