Health
This claim about children with diabetes is completely wrong
A report in the Express said that ten years ago no child had type 2 diabetes – that’s wrong Read
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Abbas Panjwani
Fact Checker (former)
Abbas joined Full Fact in 2018. Before this, he worked as a social researcher, collecting quantitative and qualitative research to help inform policy development and evaluation for government departments and other public bodies. Most recently he worked as research manager at Ofgem, Great Britain’s energy regulator, and has also worked on projects for BIS, the Home Office and the Competition and Markets Authority.
Reporting on childhood diabetes prevalence should come with a health warning
Recent media reports have said type 2 diabetes among children is ten times higher than previously thought. But that doesn't mean it's gone up by ten times. We explain why... Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Real wages aren’t growing at their fastest rate in a decade
Real-terms total pay in Great Britain grew by 0.8% in the year to September 2018. Read
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Crime
Are a majority of youth knife offenders minority ethnic?
Across England and Wales in 2017, 38% of knife possession convictions among under 25s were convictions of non-white youths. Read
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Europe
Brexit withdrawal deal and future trade deal—what’s the difference?
The Brexit withdrawal agreement outlines how we’ll leave the EU. The future trade agreement will outline how we trade with the EU after that. Read
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Europe
Does the Brexit withdrawal agreement mean Northern Irish separation?
If the EU and UK don’t agree to extend the transition period or strike a new trade deal the backstop kicks in, under which Northern Ireland is treated differently to the rest of the UK. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Would Labour borrow a trillion pounds?
The claim that Labour's manifesto promises would cost a trillion pounds is not a fully costed estimate, and we don't know if it refers to spending increases or total spending. Read
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Is fracking causing earthquakes?
Fracking is causing lots of micro-earthquakes, most of which are at a level that can’t be felt. In the UK there are thousands of such earthquakes each year. Read
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Did 670,000 march for a People’s Vote on Brexit?
670,000 is an estimate from the organisers. We can’t say for sure if it’s accurate or not, but it may be on the high side. Read
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Europe
What is the Irish backstop?
The “Irish backstop” is an insurance policy in UK-EU Brexit negotiations to ensure there is no hard border in Ireland. Read
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