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29 June 2018

BBC Question Time: factchecked

This week Question Time was in Exeter. We factchecked claims on the UK's trade with the EU, who uses Heathrow Airport, the UK's carbon emissions targets, and funding for the armed forces. Read

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22 June 2018

BBC Question Time: factchecked

This week Question Time was in Birmingham. We factchecked claims on social care funding, drug-related deaths, Labour's manifesto pledges on NHS spending, public health, and sexual harassment at work. Read

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15 June 2018

BBC Question Time: factchecked

This week Question Time was in Caernarfon. We factchecked claims on rail electrification and tidal lagoon projects in Wales, infrastructure funding, road conditions and Chinese railway stations. Read

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8 June 2018

BBC Question Time: factchecked

This week Question Time was in Reading. We factchecked claims on the number of school places, who the UK’s biggest trade partners are, online shopping and rail prices. Read

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1 June 2018

BBC Question Time: factchecked

Question Time was in Perth this week. On the panel were Conservative MP Kwasi Kwarteng, Labour MP Caroline Flint, the SNP’s Kate Forbes MSP, rapper Darren McGarvey, and Stagecoach founder Brian Souter Read

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25 May 2018

BBC Question Time: factchecked

We factchecked claims on immigration and wages, whether universities are white and middle class, how much is spent on the NHS and social care and where UK applicants to Oxford university come from. Read

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18 May 2018

BBC Question Time: factchecked

We factchecked claims relating to Grenfell, deaths because of stabbings and shootings and on police budgets and numbers and prosecutions and prison sentences for people carrying blades. Read

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11 May 2018

BBC Question Time: factchecked

Question Time was in Kettering this week. We’ve factchecked claims on youth unemployment, perceived threats to world peace, and several Coalition and Conservative policies on youth and education. Read

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