The government's "modest proposal"
David Cameron describes his government's English votes scheme as a "modest proposal". Experts said recently that it lies between "moderate and radical". Read
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Are people in poverty increasingly in work?
It's claimed that people in poverty are increasingly in work. We've taken a look at the figures. Read
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Automatically spotting interesting sentences in parliamentary debates
Jake has been volunteering at Full Fact for several weeks now. As part of our work towards more automated factchecking, we showed him the work of Simone Teufel on extracting … Read
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Legal aid lawyers aren't on £200 an hour
A remark in Parliament that legal aid lawyers can earn £200 an hour for social welfare cases gives the wrong impression. Hourly rates are around £50-£70. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
The benefit cap didn't cause 30,000 to get back into work
George Osborne has said that 30,000 people went into work after being subject to the benefit cap. But the reality is more complex. Read
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The UK's Sharia 'courts'
While there are undoubtedly lots of different religious councils and tribunals in the UK dealing with Sharia principles, they aren't courts of law. Read
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Health
GP waiting times: survey doesn't show 14 million "forced" to wait a week or more
The Daily Mail says 14 million patients were forced to wait a week or more last year, according to new figures. But the figures don't say that. Read
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Crime
Ask Full Fact: does urinating in public put you on the sex offenders register?
It's very unlikely that being caught urinating in public will get you charged with a sexual offence, like exposure, that puts you on the police register. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Poverty, inequality and airport expansion: factchecking Prime Minister's Questions
We've factchecked claims from Prime Minister's Questions on poverty, inequality, airport expansion and defence spending. Read
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Europe
Is Grexit legal?
EU members can leave the Union voluntarily, but there's no legal mechanism for a country to drop or be ejected from the euro. Grexit may well happen anyway. Read
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