Latest Fact Checks

From false health claims to misleading statements on immigration, politics and conflict—our expert team delivers impartial, evidence based fact checks.

26 July 2017

Does the EU say it's safe to eat chicken rinsed in chlorine?

The EU's food standards arm says there are "no safety concerns" with the process of washing chicken with chlorine, but has raised other concerns about hygiene.

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24 July 2017

Can you be in the single market without being an EU member?

It’s technically possible for a non-EU member to be in the single market. But this arrangement means accepting rules set by the EU.

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24 July 2017

Adult social care in England

Adult social care is the support provided to adults with physical or learning disabilities, or physical or mental illnesses.

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21 July 2017

Has the NHS been judged the best healthcare system in the world?

International comparisons of healthcare are about the UK, not just the NHS. How we do depends on the measures chosen.

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19 July 2017

Are most working age people in poverty also in work?

People in poverty have been increasingly likely to be in a family where someone has a job.

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19 July 2017

Prime Minister's Questions, factchecked

We factchecked claims from Prime Minister's Questions on the 19th of July 2017

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19 July 2017

Income tax cuts for basic rate payers

Increases to the income tax personal allowance have taken millions out of income tax, although those on low incomes have been hit elsewhere.

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18 July 2017

Could leaving the European nuclear club put cancer patients at risk?

We don't fully know how leaving Euratom - the European common market in nuclear materials - will affect our access to them.

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17 July 2017

Can't get no NHS satisfaction?

One survey says most people are satisfied with the NHS, another says more of us are dissatisfied. Why the different results?

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14 July 2017

Have university applicant numbers fallen in 2017?

The total number of people applying to higher education in the UK this year (as of the final June 2017 deadline) is down 4% compared to last year.

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