Education
School places: are we running out?
The number of pupils in state funded primary schools in England is expected to increase by almost 10% to 4.7 million by 2023, according to the latest forecasts by the Department for Education. Read
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Education
The number of pupils in state funded primary schools in England is expected to increase by almost 10% to 4.7 million by 2023, according to the latest forecasts by the Department for Education. Read
Education
Three claims about Sure Start Children's Centres and the facts behind them. Read
Seven out of 11 papers lead today with at least some mention of last night's televised debate. We expect it to dominate much of today's election coverage. Take a look … Read
Economy, Business & Finance
This evening the 7 party leaders took part in a debate chaired by Julie Etchingham. We were factchecking throughout the evening - you can see what we said on Twitter @FullFact, and we've rounded up 10 of the main claims below. Read
Immigration
Immigration has a small impact on average wages of existing workers but more significant effects for certain groups. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
"An intervention on this scale and with this clarity from Britain's business leaders is unprecedented in any recent general election." George Osborne, Wednesday 1 April After a letter signed at … Read
Crime
The High Court ruled yesterday (presumably before the Royal Courts of Justice were evacuated) that a policy barring prisoners from being transfered to open prisons if they have a history … Read
Tonight sees the leaders of seven parties appear in a live televised debate. Just like last week's leaders' interviews, we'll be live factchecking. Keep an eye out for our tweets … Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Ed Miliband refers to an "epidemic of Zero Hours Contracts" . The Conservatives counter that zero hours contracts account for just 1 in 50 jobs. What do the facts say? Read
Economy, Business & Finance
"Britain grew faster than any other major economy last year"—letter to the Telegraph from more than 100 business leaders Britain's GDP grew faster than any other of what the International … Read
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