Immigration
Reports on employment figures are accurate, but not the whole picture
There’s a lot of uncertainty, and you can tell different stories about ‘foreign’ workers depending on how you define them. Read
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Immigration
There’s a lot of uncertainty, and you can tell different stories about ‘foreign’ workers depending on how you define them. Read
We've seen a poll on the Stoke by-election. As far as we're aware, the campaign group who carried it out still haven’t published the information you’d need to say whether it’s reliable. Read
Crime
Prison officer numbers have fallen in England and Wales since 2010. Read
A legal case may mean that councils have to stop fining parents who take their children out of school during term time. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
It's not unorthodox to say that trading with the EU under terms set by the WTO would be bad from an economic perspective, but putting an exact cost on it is tricky. Read
We factchecked claims about A&E visits, whether UKIP wants to privatise the NHS, and whether or not the government had committed to accepting 3,000 refugee children. Read
Health
In the past, UKIP’s leader has been critical of the NHS model of healthcare. Read
Health
There were 2.5 million more attendances at English A&Es in 2016 compared with 2010. Read
Immigration
The government never officially said that 3,000 child refugees would be accepted under the Dubs Amendment, although some campaigners say they expected that many to arrive. Read
We factchecked claims on A&E staffing and closures, spending on the NHS and filibustering in parliament. Read
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