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1 March 2017

Economy, Business & Finance

Amendments to PIP legislation

People who were assessed for Personal Independence Payments before the tribunal decisions on 29 November won’t see their payments fall because the legislation has been amended. Read

Fact check
28 February 2017

Economy, Business & Finance

UK spending on foreign aid

For every hundred pounds that’s made in the UK, seventy pence goes overseas as foreign aid. Here's some basic facts and figures. Read

Analysis
24 February 2017

BBC Question Time, factchecked

We factchecked claims on school spending, grammar schools, free schools, and the UK's international educational performance Read

Analysis
24 February 2017

Education

The UK's international education ranking

It’s important not to read too much into the UK’s rank alone, or draw conclusions from changes in our rankings about whether our education system is getting better or worse. Read

Fact check
24 February 2017

Education

Spending on schools up to 2020

You can look at the schools budget in terms of the actual cash that’s being spent, the value of that cash after prices have risen, and how it divides per pupil. Read

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Evidence you can rely on

Fact checking claims made by politicians, public figures and viral online content can give you the full picture backed by the evidence.

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