Europe
Does the new withdrawal agreement create a border in the Irish Sea?
Checks would have to take place on goods crossing into Northern Ireland from Great Britain. Read
Analysis
Analysis
Explainers and other analysis to deal with misunderstood topics and translate complexity into clarity.
Immigration
EU immigration to the UK has been bigger than we thought
Official estimates of migration to and from the UK have been wrong for several years, and have lost their quality mark as a result. Read
Analysis
Boris Johnson's first speech as Prime Minister: factchecked
On 25 July Boris Johnson made his first speech as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. We factchecked claims on no deal Brexit, the number of EU nationals living in the UK, GP waiting times and more. Read
Analysis
Europe
The GATT with nine lives: revisiting Article 24 again
There was a heated discussion during the Conservative leadership debate between Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt about GATT 24. No matter how many times the claim is repeated, the facts remain the same. Read
Analysis
The ITV Conservative Leadership Debate, factchecked
On Tuesday night, the latest televised leadership debate between Jeremy Hunt and Boris Johnson took place on ITV. This article looks at the facts behind their claims. Read
Analysis
Europe
Brexit plans: five key arguments factchecked
We round up five of the most commonly repeated points about how to get a Brexit deal over the line that we’ve covered before. Read
Analysis
Factbombing: methodology
The methodology that we used for our factbombing article. Read
Analysis
Economy, Business & Finance
Employment: What’s happened to wages since 2010
In our fifth and final piece we look at what's happened to wages since 2010. Read
Analysis
Economy, Business & Finance
Employment: Is employment up only because of zero hours contracts?
In our fourth piece of this series we look at the claim that employment is only up since 2010 because of zero hours jobs. Read
Analysis
Economy, Business & Finance
Employment: Is work being spread more thinly?
In our third piece of this series, we look at whether the employment rate is high because people working one hour a week are included as employed. Read
Analysis
