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19 January 2017

What’s the link between membership of the single market and lower wages?

Whatever the answer is, it won’t be simple.

19 January 2017

How much can councils raise to pay for social care?

Councils are being allowed to increase council tax by 3% next year to pay for social care, but how does that impact different councils?

18 January 2017

The pound isn’t at its highest level in two years

The pound saw a big one-day rise yesterday, but its value against the US dollar remains low compared to recent years.

18 January 2017

Prime Minister's Questions, factchecked

We looked at claims about university acceptances, Welsh trade and the value of the pound.

18 January 2017

Half a million fewer men accepted to university than women

Between 2007 and 2016 half a million fewer men than women living in the UK have been accepted to UK universities.

17 January 2017

Ask Full Fact: what happens if parliament rejects a new EU deal?

There are several different scenarios, but the UK can leave the EU without a deal if parliament rejects the one on offer in a couple of years' time.

17 January 2017

Are there 13 deaths by suicide every day?

It is correct that in 2015 there were around 13 deaths by suicide a day in England.

16 January 2017

Why is there a Brexit court case in Ireland?

Campaigners are taking a case to the Irish High Court in order to find out whether a notification under Article 50 can be reversed.

13 January 2017

BBC Question Time, factchecked

We've factchecked the panel's claims on NHS staff, hospital "black alerts", health spending and the wealth of the 1%.

13 January 2017

How many hospital black alerts were there this week?

Media reports say that 23 hospital trusts in England have reached the highest level on the NHS’s system for saying whether they are under pressure, or are otherwise under serious strain.

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What’s the link between membership of the single market and lower wages?

How much can councils raise to pay for social care?

The pound isn’t at its highest level in two years

Prime Minister's Questions, factchecked

Half a million fewer men accepted to university than women

Ask Full Fact: what happens if parliament rejects a new EU deal?

Are there 13 deaths by suicide every day?

Why is there a Brexit court case in Ireland?

BBC Question Time, factchecked

How many hospital black alerts were there this week?

Full Fact fights bad information