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2 May 2012

Does London have the worst air quality in Europe?

Boris and Ken have been exchanging so many claims in the London 2012 mayoral campaign they might easily be out of breath, but is the air they are breathing the worst quality in Europe? Read

Analysis
30 April 2012

Has Boris Johnson kept 9 out of 10 manifesto promises?

Last month Conservative Mayor Boris Johnson released a Progress Report in which he listed promises made in his 2008 Manifesto, claiming that 91 per cent had been successfully delivered. Ken Livingstone thinks not. Whose analysis shows the most promise? Read

Analysis
30 April 2012

Is the number of wind turbines being built shooting up?

This morning's news carried a lot of hot air about the number of wind turbines built and being built in England. On the Today programme the chief executive of Renewable UK rebuffed figures from the Campaign to Protect Rural England, but these figures were based on the former's statistics. What happened? Read

Analysis
27 April 2012

How many Londoners move to other parts of the UK?

Following a row over the apparent plans of a London council to re-house some of its benefit claimants to Stoke-on-Trent, the Guardian today addressed the wider problem of genuinely affordable housing in London. But were their figures on the numbers fleeing the capital up to scratch? Read

Analysis
26 April 2012

How many apprenticeships has the Mayor created?

After the candidates for London Mayor battled it out on ITV this week, the incumbent Boris Johnson suggested that, under his leadership, 54,000 apprenticeships had been created. Was he right? Read

Analysis
26 April 2012

How widespread is the London Living Wage?

In the home straight leading to the 2012 London Mayoral election, Full Fact checks out claims made by the candidates on the London Living Wage. So how widespread is it really? Read

Analysis
26 April 2012

Europe

Is the EU budget increase all that it seems?

Now that the EU referendum has been set for June 23rd, we will be bringing you new factchecks and explainers on topics ranging from immigration to trade. We will also … Read

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