BBC Question Time, factchecked
This week's panel included Jacob Rees-Mogg MP, Liz Kendall MP, Caroline Lucas MP, Norman Lamb MP and broadcaster and columnist Julia Hartley-Brewer. Read
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BBC Question Time, factchecked
The Question Time panel included Anna Soubry MP, shadow chancellor John McDonnell MP, the SNP's justice spokesperson Joanna Cherry MP, the Daily Mail's Quentin Letts and Alastair Campbell. Read
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Prime Minister's Questions, factchecked
Poor children do worse in areas that have grammar schools “The evidence, Mr Speaker, of the effects of selection is this. In Kent, which has a grammar school system, 27% … Read
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Prime Minister's Questions, factchecked
Prime Minister's Questions for the 7th of September 2016, factchecked Read
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'Unelected' Prime Ministers: common or not?
Since 1900, it’s actually been the norm for Prime Ministers to enter office outside of a general election. Read
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Air strikes in Syria: what MPs are voting on
We've found some useful sources on the debate over air strikes on Syria, particularly the legal issues. Read
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The Times has corrected its headline that one in five Muslims has sympathy for ISIS, but the Sun hasn't
Don't be fooled by a Facebook post doing the rounds - it suggests that the Sun has printed a "retraction" of a front page story, which hasn't happened. Read
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The public seems to support military action in Syria
An ITV poll has been cited on social media as evidence that the public opposes air strikes against Islamic State in Syria. Professional polls say otherwise. Read
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Statistics Authority calls for research on fit to work deaths
In August the Department for Work and Pensions released statistics about people who died while on benefits, or in the year they came off benefits. But the figures were confusing. Read
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Ask Full Fact: does 80% of the public support the monarchy?
A reader told us that they keep hearing that 80% of the public support the monarchy. We take a look at the figures. Read
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