From false health claims to misleading statements on immigration, politics and conflict—our expert team delivers impartial, evidence based fact checks.
Following the recent riots, London Mayor Boris Johnson has claimed that he has increased the number of police officers in the capital. Former Mayor Ken Livingstone has insisted his successor is "ramming through" police cuts - What do the figures show? Read
David Cameron today claimed that his Government's commitment to making data publicly available was integral to improving public service delivery. But has open data really been responsible for driving up heart surgery survival rates? Read
A row has emerged over cuts to legal aid in recent weeks. Though the Government have claimed our costs are far higher than other countries, campaigners insist this is misleading. So what do the figures show? Read
The front page of this morning's Metro carried the headline "Britain at top of drug death table". So is the UK's record on drug-related deaths as bad as this would suggest? Read
Today's Daily Mail claims that those in receipt of the higher mobility component of Disability Living Allowance can drive away taxpayer-funded luxury cars, branding the scheme a "scam". But is this a full and fair portrayal of the facts? Read
Cabinet Office Minister Francis Maude told the Today programme that civil servants on median incomes could accrue retirement benefits worth £500,000. Is this true, and if so, how representative is it? Read
Today's Daily Mail claims that a vast majority of prison inmates are enjoying benefits supposedly reserved for "better-behaved offenders". Is this true? Read
New figures show a million people have been on out of work benefits for more than ten years, but what's the evidence for calling them "scroungers?" Read
After Full Fact questioned the Prime Minister's version of history on sentence discounts for guilty pleas yesterday, does David Cameron's claim about Labour's record on the NHS in Wales stand up to scrutiny any better? Read
As the debate over reforming the NHS rumbles on, how accurate are the figures cited over how much the plans will cost or save in the long run? Read
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