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6 February 2017

How much can we charge people from overseas to use the NHS?

The government has an “ambition” to recover £500 million a year by 2017/18 from overseas patients not eligible for free NHS treatment.

3 February 2017

Income inequality

By several headline measures, it’s fallen gradually across the bulk of UK households in the past ten years.

3 February 2017

BBC Question Time, factchecked

We looked at claims on income inequality, health tourism, economic forecasts before the referendum, and whether we're all set to get 14 weeks holiday a year.

3 February 2017

Brexit and economic apocalypse

There hasn’t been an immediate hit to economic growth following the EU referendum.

3 February 2017

Health tourism savings won't plug the hole in NHS funding

Estimates show health tourism costs up to £300 million a year, but savings from this alone won't fill the gap in funding for the NHS.

3 February 2017

Are we all getting 14 weeks holiday?

A graph in the Brexit white paper got the number of weeks UK law gives workers in annual holiday and EU law gives workers in paid maternity leave round the wrong way. It’s now been corrected.

1 February 2017

Prime Minister's Questions, factchecked

We've checked claims made at Prime Minister's Questions on international aid, Syrian refugees, and the state pension age.

1 February 2017

The UK, the USA, and Syrian refugees

We’ve looked into Jeremy Corbyn’s and Theresa May’s claims on the government response to the recent US order on refugees, and to the wider Syrian crisis.