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5 March 2012

Will a cut in fuel duty create 180,000 jobs?

As Budget day approaches, lobby group FairFuelUK are planning to ratchet up support for a reduction in fuel duty, claiming that a cut will create 180,000 jobs. But is there enough solid evidence to support their claim? Read

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5 March 2012

Are one in three jobs lost across the UK in Scotland?

In a speech to the Scottish Labour Party Conference, Labour leader Ed Miliband spoke of the strains of unemployment in the region, claiming that one out of three jobs lost in the UK was lost in Scotland. Was he right, and what's the bigger picture? Read

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5 March 2012

Has the NHS paid out nearly £20 million in compensation to staff?

The Daily Mail reported this morning that NHS staff have claimed a total of nearly £20 million in "taxpayer-funded compensation" for injuries, and that the number of staff claiming compensation had increased by a third in five years. Full Fact investigated whether these figures were accurate. Read

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1 March 2012

Are 80 per cent of households in 'transport poverty'?

The Daily Star and the Daily Express both reported that 80 per cent of households are currently living in "transport poverty" according to the RAC Foundation, but where do these figures come from, and are they accurate? Read

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29 February 2012

How many babies in the UK are born to foreign parents?

Last week several newspapers contributed to a swathe of reporting around foreign-born parents. According to some reports, one in four babies born in the UK has a parent born outside the UK. Full Fact looked into the figures. Read

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28 February 2012

The Sunday Times' prominent online correction

The Sunday Times has published an apology to Flight Lieutenant Owen Morris on its website, and displayed a prominent link to the correction on every article on its website. The … Read

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28 February 2012

Do less deprived areas get more money from the Pupil Premium?

MP for Tottenham David Lammy yesterday clashed with the Secretary of State for Education, Michael Gove, on the allocation of the Pupil Premium. Mr Lammy claimed that more deprived areas were losing out to those less deprived. Mr Gove disagreed. Who's right? Read

Analysis
27 February 2012

Sun on Sunday launches with a Readers' Champion

The Sun on Sunday hit the newsstands yesterday with a promise to hold itself to high standards of trust following the controversial demise of its predecessor, the News of the … Read

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