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Health
The NHS funding shortfall: four futures
With the government set to announce £2 billion in extra funding for the NHS next year, we look into the different estimates of how much money will be needed by 2020. Read
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Excel hell
This week sees the launch of a good practice guide for releasing official statistics in spreadsheets. This might not sound important, but if you look behind the uniform face of … Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Factcheck: Measuring low pay isn't the same as measuring poverty
Definitions are important. While the workers in a report from the Resolution Foundation may be "stuck" in a low-paying job, this doesn't mean that they are in poverty. Read
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Education
Ask Full Fact: How many pupils attend independent schools?
578,975 pupils in England attended an independent (non-government funded) school in January 2014, according to the Department of Education school census—that's around 7% of all pupils. In 2009, 4.3% of … Read
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Immigration
7 factchecks from the PM's immigration speech
Full Fact appeared on BBC Radio 2's Jeremy Vine show today to talk about the numbers behind David Cameron's immigration speech. The Prime Minister wants EU migrants to wait four … Read
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Europe
Following up our answers on the Jeremy Vine show
Here are the full facts and figures answering the questions put to Joe and Will on BBC Radio 2 today. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Salmond censured for stats claim
Alex Salmond has been strongly reprimanded by the UK Statistics Authority (UKSA) for claiming that Chancellor George Osborne had "managed to inflate the UK growth figures" by pressuring the Office … Read
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Health
Why a young sportsman's death is a rare tragedy
"Young men of 25 die every day," says BBC Sport commenting on the death of the cricketer Philip Hughes. While it's unimportant in the context, thankfully that's not the case … Read
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Express reports UKIP is in second place. It isn't.
The front page of today's Express claimed UKIP is now the second most popular party in Britain, according to opinion polls. It isn't. The Express's figures are from a YouGov … Read
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