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Londoners deserve better data: an open letter to Boris Johnson
Dear Boris,Congratulations on your recent re-election as Mayor of London.During Mayoral questions on 23 March last year, you told the London Assembly that "public trust in statistics is critically important … Read
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Public Benefit Organisations Ask For More Transparency About Government's Core Participant Status In Leveson Inquiry
Full Fact is one of four public benefit organisations which have today made an urgent application to the Leveson Inquiry regarding Government ministers' new status as 'core participants' in the … Read
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UK and Rule 39: Deportations blocked by the European Court of Human Rights
In the wake of claims over the number of UK deportations blocked by the European Court of Human Rights, Full Fact takes a look at the numbers... Read
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Do foreign nationals owe the NHS £40 million?
Several reports yesterday carried the startling headline that foreign nationals supposedly owe the National Health Service £40 million. The reports also mentioned that the reporting trusts had average unpaid debts of £230,000. Is this right? Read
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Did bus fares go up or down under Ken Livingstone?
With the 2012 London Mayoral election imminent, Full Fact gets to grips with bus fares in London. So how have they fared under Ken and Boris? Read
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Underage teenage pregnancy rates: are they really "soaring"?
"Teen pregnancies are down to a new record low, according to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics." The Guardian, 26 March 2012 Last month the Guardian reported … Read
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Which candidates have committed to trustworthy facts for London?
A few weeks ago Full Fact contacted all seven candidates running to be Mayor of London. We pushed for a committment from each that, if elected, they would operate the … Read
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Does London have the worst air quality in Europe?
Boris and Ken have been exchanging so many claims in the London 2012 mayoral campaign they might easily be out of breath, but is the air they are breathing the worst quality in Europe? Read
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Have 26 per cent fewer houses been built under the Coalition?
The Labour Party have claimed that their house building record is 26 per cent better on average than the Coalition Government. Is this a fact? Read
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