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The image is about the US. There are only around 725,000 17 year-olds in the UK. Read
It’s happening. The UK is heading to the polls on 12th December. And at Full Fact, we're ready for the campaign. Read
You are allowed to register to vote in two places. In a general election you can then vote in one of them. Read
Because of confidence intervals in the data, it’s very hard to tell which is actually the happiest place in the UK. Read
Europe
A three month extension costs the same amount in EU budget payments as Boris Johnson’s own deal. Read
German TV did not say there were 2.2 million people, and the number was most likely in the low hundreds of thousands. Read
Crime
The survey asked people if they would accept the risk of violence against MPs for their preferred Brexit outcome. Read
Health
Lib Dems abstained from a motion regretting that the government hasn’t pledged to repeal the 2012 Health and Social Care Act, which extended health privatisation. Read
Health
It’s hard to tell whether someone in the US or UK is more likely to get a foodborne disease. Read
A post about blue pumpkins went viral on Facebook, but it’s not clear if the autism community widely supports the campaign. Read
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