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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
Economy, Business & Finance
The Prime Minister said this morning that, as part of the government's plan to tackle the deficit, it had seen off a £38 billion 'black hole' in the defence budget. … Read
An oft-used and startling claim is quoted on Twitter without a source. Full Fact was intrigued to find out more. Read
The Office for National Statistics estimates 20% more people died in winter last year compared with the rest of the year, and up by more than a quarter on the previous winter. But should we blame the weather or energy prices? Read
Europe
The Liberal Democrats claim they've overseen a £30 billion cut to the EU budget. But does this mean the UK will be paying any less? Read
Energy prices have dominated the headlines following Ed Miliband's conference speech yesterday. We explain some of the key issues surrounding the policy. Read
The UK government has committed £1 billion to the fight against a trio of killer diseases - malaria, tuberculosis and HIV/Aids. Can it claim to be saving a life every three minutes? Read
Europe
After fraught EU budget negotiations and even more fraught relations between the Conservatives and UKIP featuring in this week's news, is the Independent right to say that most Brits want to cut the Brussels-based institutions loose? Read
Full Fact's Freedom of Information requests put Welfare Reform Minister's claim in context. Read
Europe
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
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