From false health claims to misleading statements on immigration, politics and conflict—our expert team delivers impartial, evidence based fact checks.
Europe
In a speech earlier this week, Labour leader Ed Miliband claimed that while the EU spent 40% of its budget on the Common Agricultural Policy, agriculture accounts for only 1.5% of European output. Read
Europe
"OUTRAGE erupted last night after a secret European Union plot to grab £5.6billlion more from British taxpayers was exposed [...] The move would slash Britain's annual rebate from the European … Read
Full Fact's Freedom of Information requests put Welfare Reform Minister's claim in context. Read
Europe
After the Government was dealt a blow in the Commons earlier this week when its proposed negotiating position for talks on the 2014-2020 EU Budget was rejected by MPs, there … Read
Crime
Sometimes, even ordinarily reliable sources get things wrong. Normally, Full Fact would consider figures provided by a Minister in response to a Parliamentary Question to be a reliable source. So … Read
Europe
This morning's Times featured an article jointly authored by Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls and Shadow Foreign Secretary Douglas Alexander which called for the European Union to "spend less and spend … Read
Education
Last week saw another mention of the 'GCSE in claiming benefits', following years of coverage in the Mail and from the Prime Minister earlier this year. But is this claim based on fact or fiction? Read
Health
In a bold new advert, charity St John Ambulance claim that first aid could help prevent up to 140,000 deaths each year. But is this statistic sound? Read
Immigration
We looked at some of the key claims reported about foreign nationals and crime. Read
Europe
Two papers claimed this morning that a significant number of EU students were benefiting from a "free education" at UK universities as they failed to repay student loans. Our analysis suggests this isn't supported by the facts. Read
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