Explainers and other analysis to deal with misunderstood topics and translate complexity into clarity.
In a week in which taxes on charity donations have dominated the political headlines, Full Fact looks into where the UK's charitable donations actually come from. Read
Brian Paddick's manifesto, which was released on Tuesday, includes a pledge to build 360,000 new homes over the next decade. Yesterday he claimed that overcrowding in the capital's homes has increased by 15 per cent since 2008. But is the problem as bad as Paddick says? Read
Last week we factchecked the claim that in 2010/11 there were 23,097 victims of child sex offences in England and Wales, or as the papers put it, one 'attack' every … Read
The Government's Work Capability Assessments (WCA) - used to judge an Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) claimant's eligibility for the benefit - has proved controversial since it was introduced in … Read
The issue of housing costs is a topic that has kept Full Fact busy over the years. Most recently, we looked at whether private housing rents were rising or falling … Read
The launch of an RSA and Pearson Centre for Policy and Learning-backed academies commission was featured in this morning's Today programme, re-opening the argument about the Government's "academisation" policy. Over … Read
Following a series of Freedom of Information requests by the NSPCC, several newspapers reported that a child was sexually assaulted every 20 minutes in 2011. Did they report the figures accurately? Read
Tensions reportedly ran high at the LBC radio Mayoral hustings this week. But who got their facts straight when talking about police numbers? Read
Following the Bank of England's publication of the latest bank lending figures, along with the ONS's downward revision of GDP growth, Shadow Business Secretary Chuka Umunna summarised the findings in a damning critique of the Government's economic policy. Was his summary right on the mark? Read
The Telegraph yesterday fanned concern over high levels of out of court disposals in the criminal justice system. They claimed that as many as two in five violent criminals are handed a caution. Is this the case? Read
