Fact Checker (former)
Economy, Business & Finance
At least £440,000 aid was spent on Chinese film, TV and museum projects in 2016/17. The total foreign aid budget was £14 billion. Read
Crime
The recorded robbery rate in England and Wales increased more in 2016 than 13 countries examined by the Home Office, but the rate itself wasn’t top. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
About 775,000 children were born in the UK in 2016, 210,000 to non-UK born mothers. Net migration was at around 245,000 in the year to September 2017. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The UK’s economy is growing more slowly than most countries analysed by the OECD in a recent report, but isn’t the slowest. The OECD’s analysis also doesn’t include all developed countries. Read
Health
We spent almost £150 billion on healthcare across the UK in 2016/17 and a further £31 billion on social care for adults and children. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Employment is up, unemployment is down and there are more people from outside the UK in work than before the Brexit vote. Read
Crime
Police budgets, police officer numbers and community policing, we factcheck the claims. Read
The Royal Family will pay for the wedding, but the security will be paid for by the state. Security for Prince William’s wedding cost over £6 million. Read
Health
Professionals and higher earners in Great Britain say they drink more regularly, if you count that as drinking weekly. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
It’s difficult to say exactly how much bank holidays affect the economy, but most research suggests that they do reduce GDP. Read
