Explainers and other analysis to deal with misunderstood topics and translate complexity into clarity.
The Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration John Vine today hit the headlines after he criticised the time passengers were having to wait to clear border control at Heathrow airport. … Read
On the Today Programme yesterday Keth Vaz MP and former Head of the Prison Service Martin Narey went head-to-head over the ethnicity of sex offenders. But did they get their figures right? Read
In response to recent criticism of the Government's policy on wind power the Department of Energy and Climate Change publishes a report outlining the economic benefits of wind power. Read
The work of Full Fact is "absolutely complementary" to the role of the UK Statistics Authority, the new Chairman of the watchdog has said. Speaking to the Independent's Economics Editor … Read
The Cabinet agreed yesterday that Ministers will not exercise the right to request redactions of evidence submitted to the Leveson inquiry. Yesterday Full Fact, the Media Standards Trust, Index on … Read
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
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
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
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
Health
Today nearly all major news outlets carried multiple claims about GPs handing out inaccurate prescriptions, but the stories contained different figures. Doctors might not give the right prescription, but do the papers? Read
