Are nine out of ten spending cuts still to come?
Cutting the budget deficit remains the main priority of the Coalition Government. But are they only ten per cent of the way there? Read
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Open data: three changes to be welcomed
The Government today announced plans to increase access to the vast amounts of data it produces, in an effort to improve trust in official figures and scrutiny of public services. … Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Are almost all new Housing Benefit claimants in work?
After Housing Benefit stormed the news agenda earlier this week, yet more claims about the employment status of recipients have circulated across the papers. Are they any more accurate? Read
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Europe
Women in science: does Europe fare as poorly as the UK?
Yesterday Full Fact took a look at the extent to which women were under-represented in the sciences, after an EU advertising campaign that insisted that science was "a girl thing" … Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Are only one in eight Housing Benefit claimants unemployed?
After David Cameron indicated over the weekend that the Government may scrap Housing Benefit for the under-25s, news outlets have been quick to provide their own analyses of who actually claims the support. But did they all get it right? Read
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The Times corrects error over nursing job cuts
Last month Full Fact complained to the Press Complaints Commission (PCC) after the Times and the i newspapers printed inaccurate figures over estimated cuts to nursing jobs in the NHS. … Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Housing Benefit cuts explained
Our latest video factcheck, in which we explain more about the Prime Minister's proposed cuts to Housing Benefit and what difference they'll make. Is £2 billion enough to matter? Where … Read
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Europe
Science: a girl thing, not yet a women thing — women in science in the UK
The European Commission's 'Science: It's a girl thing!' campaign launched at the end of last week. A controversial video brought the campaign a good deal of attention. But is the … Read
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Google expert offers free statistics course to 160,000
Between teaching cars to drive themselves and driving cars to photograph your street, roboticist and articificial intelligence researcher Sebastian Thrun has made quite a name for himself at Stanford and … Read
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Education
Are today's pupils worse at maths than those of the 1970s?
Amidst the controversy over GCSEs and A-Levels, the Telegraph has claimed that maths standards are worse now than they were in the 1970s. Is this true? Read
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