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Respect party leader Salma Yaqoob tweeted on Armed Forces day what she claimed was the harsh truth about troops in Afghanistan - that more soldiers die by suicide than die in battle following service in Afghanistan. Is this true? Read
Cutting the budget deficit remains the main priority of the Coalition Government. But are they only ten per cent of the way there? Read
The Government today announced plans to increase access to the vast amounts of data it produces, in an effort to improve trust in official figures and scrutiny of public services. … Read
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Yesterday Full Fact took a look at the extent to which women were under-represented in the sciences, after an EU advertising campaign that insisted that science was "a girl thing" … Read
Last month Full Fact complained to the Press Complaints Commission (PCC) after the Times and the i newspapers printed inaccurate figures over estimated cuts to nursing jobs in the NHS. … Read
Between teaching cars to drive themselves and driving cars to photograph your street, roboticist and articificial intelligence researcher Sebastian Thrun has made quite a name for himself at Stanford and … Read
As Liberal Democrat objections to the Education Secretary's plans to replace GCSE exams tests the unity of the two parties in government, today also saw another bone of contention between … Read
The TUC has claimed that long-term youth unemployment has soared by 900 per cent. Is this true? Read
With the planned industrial action by doctors across the UK due to take place this Thursday, several newspapers ran stories revealing that thousands of doctors were paid more than the Prime Minister. But are they the best paid in the world? Read
Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith claimed this morning that 500,000 new jobs are being added to Jobcentres every week - a claim he also made two years ago. But is the Secretary making the same mistake twice? Read
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