Europe
Where does the EU export to?
The UK is the EU’s largest single export market in goods, if you treat the UK as if it were outside the EU. Read
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Europe
Ask Full Fact: the UK’s trade with the EU
Pro-EU campaigners say that 50% of the UK's exports go to the EU, versus 8% to up-and-coming BRICS economies. It's 44% to the EU and 8% to BRICS. Read
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The criminal courts
An expert overview of the courts that hold criminal trials in England and Wales. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
21 January's BBC Question Time, factchecked
We factchecked the Question Time panel's claims about same-sex marriage in Northern Ireland, and the UK's membership of the EU. Read
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DWP breaches statistics rules
The UK Statistics Authority revealed an official confession today of misdeeds from the Department for Work and Pensions. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Ask Full Fact: Do addicts and alcoholics cost the taxpayer £10 billion a year?
£10 billion is an uncertain estimate of the public cost of people who are homeless, offenders or drug misusers or any combination of the three. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Unemployment, nurses, and knife crime: factchecking Prime Minister's Questions
We've factchecked claims from Prime Minister's Questions on unemployment, nurse training, apprenticeships, and knife crime. Read
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Miranda’s rights: will the Terrorism Act be changed?
The David Miranda case has been hailed as a "huge win" for journalism, but doesn't automatically mean that the Terrorism Act will be changed. Read
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Education
Are changes to maintenance grants being made through an arcane loophole?
There's a debate over the way in which proposals to replace student maintenance grants with beefed-up loans have been introduced. We've taken a look. Read
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Crime
When criminal trials are "cracked"
Criminal trials can finish unexpectedly due to witness problems. But contrary to what's been reported, witnesses aren't the only cause of "cracked" trials. Read
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