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Does yesterday's letter mean there is no role left for the Independent Adviser on Ministers' Interests on Jeremy Hunt? Read
Housing Minister Grant Shapps has come under fire in the last few days after hailing a "massive increase" in new affordable homes. But has he interpreted the statistics correctly? Read
Just under 4,000 armed forces personnel woke up to the news today that their services were no longer required, as the Ministry of Defence looks to curb its spending on … Read
Crime
Readers of the Guardian, Daily Mail and Telegraph this morning were presented with more headlines implying police bias when using stop and search powers. The Guardian and the Mail, however, … Read
The Government has announced a £450m crackdown on a group of households said to cost the taxpayer £9bn. But who are these families, and are they quite the burden claimed? Read
With the Home Office's 'Equal Civil Marriage' consultation set to close next week, two newspapers today reported on the latest opinion poll to probe the views of the public: Daily … Read
Last month the Morning Star ran a story accusing Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith of lying to the UK Statistics Authority, and apparently had the emails to prove … Read
Following reports in the Sun that NHS Trusts are providing 'posh' cars to their employees - making the taxpayer liable - Full Fact investigates how sound the newspaper's evidence really is. Read
With the Diamond Jubilee weekend just round the corner, there has been no shortage of opinion polls commissioned by the media to guage support the monarchy, and who they think … Read
After members of the British Medical Association (BMA) voted to take industrial action over pay, one junior doctor claimed in the Sun that the doctors' pension scheme isn't a drain on taxpayers. Is this right? Read
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