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Following the Bank of England's publication of the latest bank lending figures, along with the ONS's downward revision of GDP growth, Shadow Business Secretary Chuka Umunna summarised the findings in a damning critique of the Government's economic policy. Was his summary right on the mark? Read
The Telegraph yesterday fanned concern over high levels of out of court disposals in the criminal justice system. They claimed that as many as two in five violent criminals are handed a caution. Is this the case? Read
Over the next five weeks, Full Fact will be covering the London Mayoral election, providing coverage of the candidates' claims and what they really mean. But to begin with - … Read
Last week we wrote about a recent trend for news outlets to release 'exclusive' stories based on privately obtained official data. This is something we successfully challenged in 2010 when … Read
The Prime Minister claimed last week that £21 billion is lost to alcohol abuse each year - a figure derived from a Cabinet Office report from 2003 and updated in … Read
Today's Mail and Sun reported that a staggering one in five British people are functionally illiterate, based on findings from the charity the World Literacy Foundation. Do they need to read between the lines? Read
ITV News commissioned Full Fact to audit their analysis of the Operation Motorman records, which was broadcast today. Our brief was to ensure that they had reached accurate but conservative … Read
Assisted suicide was on the agenda in Parliament yesterday as MPs debated a motion welcoming the Director of Public Prosecutions' Policy on Assisted Suicide, published in February 2010. MPs used … Read
Macmillan Cancer Support believe discrimination against elderly patients has led to Britain having one of the worst cancer survival rates in the Western world. But is Britain as bad at dealing with cancer as their report claims? Read
Until 2 o'clock today visitors to the Liberal Democrats' website were greeted by a 'splash' page which claimed that the annual cap on tax reliefs introduced last week will raise five times as much from the super-rich. Why did they remove the claim, and how close was it to the truth? Read
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