Latest Fact Checks

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6 September 2017

Executive pay: power to the shareholders?

Executive pay policy is being strengthened, but not to the extent that was previously pledged.

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6 September 2017

Energy companies profits at their highest level ever?

Average profit margins for the big six energy companies are at their highest level.

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6 September 2017

What do we know about the ethnicity of people involved in sexual offences against children?

The information we have about the ethnicity of those involved in sexual grooming and sexual offences against children more widely is patchy and has a lot of problems.

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1 September 2017

Are there more doctors in the NHS than in 2010?

There are 11,700 more doctors working in NHS hospitals and community health services in England in May 2017 compared to May 2010.

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1 September 2017

The Rates: National Minimum Wage, National Living Wage and Living Wage

What is the National Minimum Wage? What is a living wage? How different are they and what does the law say about them?

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29 August 2017

What is unemployment?

How many people are unemployed in the UK? What is unemployment and how is it measured? And what's the difference between structural and cyclical unemployment?

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25 August 2017

How many non-EU students are staying in the UK illegally?

The vast majority of students here on a visa seem to be returning home, according to new data from the Home Office.

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18 August 2017

Do pension changes mean 37 million people working longer?

How many people will be affected by government proposals to bring forward the rise in the state pension age by seven years?

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16 August 2017

More young people are going to university

The number and proportion of young people, including disadvantaged students, attending university is now increasing.

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15 August 2017

Could there be a new temporary customs union after Brexit?

The Department for Exiting the EU has today set out the government’s hopes for the UK’s future customs arrangements.

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