Explainers and other analysis to deal with misunderstood topics and translate complexity into clarity.
We factchecked how young people voted in the EU referendum, young trans people who have attempted suicide, earnings and life expectancy, and the legal age for buying a house and getting married. Read
We factchecked claims on political party donations, the size of the UK economy and the Brexit divorce bill. We’ll be publishing a further piece factchecking Keir Starmer’s claims about lorries at Dove Read
We looked at claims on: house building, the social housing sector, the steel industry and women in engineering. Read
Question Time was in Blackpool this week. We looked at claims on: wind power, Nigel Farage's views on another EU referendum, and EU trade agreements. Read
Education
How have rising tuition fees affected the number of people going to university, and has it put off those from disadvantaged backgrounds? Read
Europe
Trade across the Irish border was worth at least £5 billion in 2016. Read
We looked at claims on: how many students fully repay their tuition fees, how many drop out of university, and how many refugees are coming to the UK. Read
We factchecked claims on: schools rated outstanding by Ofsted, exam stress in schools, spending on adult skills, and defence spending over time. Read
We factchecked claims on: the pay of people who work in social care and childcare, the gender pay gap, unemployment, and the value of the pound. Read
Education
Real-terms per pupil funding for schools stayed at roughly the same level from 2010/11 to 2015/16, and fell after that. Since 2017/18 it has flattened out. Read
