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.

26 April 2019

Both Labour and the Conservatives should stop making these claims about council tax

By Abbas Panjwani • 6 mins

Both parties claim their councils charge lower tax. Neither use data that can really be used to compare council tax in different areas. So both are making fairly meaningless claims. Read

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23 November 2018

Reporting on childhood diabetes prevalence should come with a health warning

By Abbas Panjwani • 4 mins

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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11 September 2018

Misinformation Toolkit

How to spot misleading crime reporting

By Abbas Panjwani • 6 mins

It can be difficult to work out whether crime stories have real substance to them, but there are some steps you can follow to help. Read

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3 August 2018

Misinformation Toolkit

How to spot misleading poll figures

By Abbas Panjwani • 8 mins

Polls often dominate political conversation but it can sometimes be difficult to sort the wheat from the chaff. Here are a few steps you can follow to help you judge how trustworthy a poll is. Read

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27 July 2018

What can Love Island tell us about survey design?

By Abbas Panjwani • 3 mins

ITV2's hit show Love Island might not be where you expect to find lessons about survey design - but Monday's lie detector test showed us the pitfalls of double-barrelled questioning. Read

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