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Via Twitter: "Liam Byrne at #spru says something like half of global (presumably biz) R&D is in the hands of 1400 companies. Is this true?" Liam Byrne has used this … Read
Here is our take on the key claims made by the Prime Minister today as he addressed his party conference. 1. Three million people have been taken out of income … Read
Today we teamed up with Sky News to live-factcheck Ed Miliband's leader speech to the Labour Party conference both on our Twitter feed, theirs and in the studio. Here is … Read
Nigel Farage addressed the UKIP Party Conference this afternoon. Here's our round-up of the key claims: 1. [People are saying] we're taking home less money than we were ten years … Read
This claim has been circulating on Twitter for a couple of days now but it's not clear where it originated or indeed wither it is true or not. The Labour … Read
Various media sources and Twitter users have today reported on the results of a poll by Lord Ashcroft, which showed that 71% of 16- and 17-year-old respondents said they voted … Read
David Cameron, Ed Miliband and Nick Clegg have signed a joint declaration — carried on the front page of today's Daily Record — guaranteeing "extensive" new powers to the Scottish … Read
12.50: That wraps it up for Full Fact's first ever live Q&A. Thanks for all your questions and apologies if we didn't have time to answer yours. And just to … Read
A number of papers this morning reported that MPs are now claiming "more than ever" or in some cases more than "at the peak of the expenses scandal". Some of … Read
MySociety, the people behind TheyWorkForYou and FixMyStreet, has published analysis which sought to find out which House of Commons votes would have gone differently had Scottish MP's votes not been … Read
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