Explainers and other analysis to deal with misunderstood topics and translate complexity into clarity.
The Press Complaints Commission (PCC) has rejected Full Fact's complaint into the Daily Mail's coverage of figures from the August riots last year. It was the same coverage criticised by … Read
Discrepant reports and data on the number of pubs, and the price of beer often make it very difficult to assess whether watering holes across the country are fairing well, or saying farewell. Read
This week's surprise announcement from Energy Minister John Hayes, reported in the Daily Mail and the Telegraph, that the Government wouldn't give the green light to any more onshore wind … Read
Today the Department for Transport (DfT) published routine quarterly estimates for the number of road casualties in Great Britain. They revealed that in the year leading up to June 2012, … Read
"Lucrative: Now worth more than £300m a year, Halloween is now Britain's third most lucrative festival after Christmas and Easter." The Daily Mail, October 31, 2012 Today we learnt that … Read
Immigration
Today's Daily Express explores an idea floated by Conservative MP Stewart Jackson to "take back control of our borders" which he claims would allow border staff to turn away more … Read
In 2010 the Liberal Democrats pledged to stop holding children in immigration detention centres. However Nick Clegg's claims to have achieved this from within the Coalition continue to be criticised by some. Do the figures allow us to say who's right? Read
Health
Labour Leader Ed Miliband chose mental health as the topic of his first major speech since his address to the Labour Party conference last month. But are mental health problems as widespread as he claims? Read
Crime
In Kelvingrove Art Gallery, one of Glasgow's main museums, there is a permanent exhibition devoted to the issue of domestic violence. And in recent years Scotland - in contrast to … Read
The budget deficit has been referred to as the Government's number one priority. But following some ambiguity on last week's question time, exactly how big is it and how much has it been reduced by? Read
