Crowdsourced Factchecking
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BBC Question Time: factchecked
We factchecked claims on immigration and wages, whether universities are white and middle class, how much is spent on the NHS and social care and where UK applicants to Oxford university come from. Read
Analysis
Education
Higher education: a white, middle-class affair?
4% of UK students who began their first UK university degree in 2016/17 were white, but white students are the least likely ethnic group to enter higher education. Read
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Education
Where do UK applicants to Oxford University come from?
Oxford University students are most likely to be from Greater London. Read
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Health
Health and social care: What do we spend?
We spent almost £150 billion on healthcare across the UK in 2016/17 and a further £31 billion on social care for adults and children. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
How does the royal family make money?
The Queen gets 25% of the profit from the Crown Estate. It’s impossible to be sure how much the monarchy contribute to the economy. Read
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Crime
Are more people being prosecuted for carrying knives?
Are more people being caught with knives, prosecuted for it and spending longer in prison because of it? Read
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Good practice makes perfect: how we're improving the communication of statistics
Full Fact often works with people who produce public information to improve the way it’s presented - helping people using that information to avoid mistakes in the first place. Read
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How did Full Fact help secure the publication of housing and immigration data?
What is the process that transforms a claim into a factcheck, and how do we make sure unsubstantiated claims don’t get repeated? Read
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