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30 August 2012

Health

Are more older than younger women dying from drugs?

Readers of the Telegraph this morning might have spotted a surprising claim: The Telegraph, 30 August 2012 Unlike most of the articles Full Fact looks into, the Telegraph piece provided … Read

Analysis
24 August 2012

Health

Will 90,000 disabled people lose Motability vehicles via PIP?

Hacking into the Government's plans to cut back on disability allowance, the Guardian has recently claimed the changes will see 90,000 Motability vehicles or scooters taken away from people who currently use them. Read

Analysis
23 August 2012

Economy, Business & Finance

Does building 100,000 homes contribute one per cent to GDP?

The most harmful inaccuracies are often those that get uncritically repeated time and time again. So quite naturally a few eyebrows have been raised over a much-repeated figure used by … Read

Analysis
22 August 2012

Could one per cent of green belt land make room for 300,000 homes?

The green belt has come under scrutiny recently with some accusing it of being a barrier to much needed housing construction and economic growth. Yesterday, the Guardian made a number of claims on the subject but can Full Fact give them the green light? Read

Analysis
21 August 2012

Does the UK have the highest fuel duty in Europe?

The decision to increase fuel duty by over three pence in January has prompted an angry response from campaign groups and the media who point out that the UK already has the highest rate in the EU. Is this true and where do the figures come from? Read

Analysis
21 August 2012

Is Apple the most valuable company of all time?

Apple's market value at the close of yesterday triggered a landslide of sensationalist headlines hailing the tech super-corp as the most valuable company of all time. But is it? Read

Analysis

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