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Economy, Business & Finance
We've factchecked claims from Prime Minister's Questions on unemployment, nurse training, apprenticeships, and knife crime. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
We factchecked the panel's claims on junior doctors, deaths in hospitals at weekends, what the UK pays into the EU, and housing. Read
Health
Jeremy Hunt has said that people who have a stroke at the weekend are 20% more likely to die. Some of our readers asked us to investigate. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
We've factchecked claims from Prime Minister's Questions on housing, pollution, winter deaths, school performance, energy competition, and employment. Read
Health
It's been suggested that junior doctors' strike action could put 200 lives at risk, but that number isn't backed up by any published evidence. Read
Health
Proposed new guidance says people should drink no more than 14 units of alcohol per week to keep health risks low. Just how risky is it? Read
Health
New figures claiming that four million people have diabetes seem right, although the estimate for the half a million who are undiagnosed is hard to verify. Read
Health
Headlines refer to A&E admissions when the statistics they're using measure people visiting A&E, regardless of what kind of treatment they get. Read
Health
David Cameron and Jeremy Corbyn swapped quotes from health and social care leaders during Prime Minister's Questions. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
We've factchecked claims from Prime Minister's Questions on employment, hospitals, A&E, and refugees. Read
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