Amy Sippitt

Head of Research (former)

Amy led our Policy and Research Team, and managed Full Fact’s research projects and academic partnerships. She previously led our fact checking team. She was responsible for gathering practical evidence to measure and enhance our impact and performance. Amy joined Full Fact in February 2014 from Buttle UK, a charity that provides grants to vulnerable young people. She graduated with a Masters in Social Research while working at Full Fact.

15 February 2016

Health

Does mental ill health cost £105 billion a year?

By Amy Sippitt • 3 mins

The estimate that mental ill health costs around £105 billion comes from research by health charity Centre for Mental Health back in 2010. Read

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11 February 2016

Education

Ask Full Fact: Are British youngsters the most illiterate in the developed world?

By Amy Sippitt • 3 mins

A report has said that the proportion of 16 to 19 year olds in England who have “low literacy” is the highest of 23 OECD countries. Read

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9 February 2016

Health

The level of dissatisfaction with the NHS is not the highest on record

By Amy Sippitt • 3 mins

There's been some confusion in media reports of health charity The King's Fund's analysis of survey data about public satisfaction with the NHS. Read

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4 February 2016

Immigration

Net migration is at a record high, but it's not 380,000

By Amy Sippitt • 2 mins

Former Labour Home Secretary Alan Johnson was on Radio 4 Today discussing immigration. Read

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3 February 2016

Economy, Business & Finance

Universal Credit: will it "make work pay"?

By Amy Sippitt • 3 mins

There have been conflicting claims over whether Universal Credit will "make work pay". Read

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2 February 2016

Economy, Business & Finance

Do black workers face a widening pay gap the more qualifications they earn?

By Amy Sippitt • 4 mins

There’s evidence of an overall pay gap, but the relationship between qualifications and pay is complicated. Read

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28 January 2016

Economy, Business & Finance

Is Google paying 3% tax?

By Amy Sippitt • 5 mins

The debate is over what counts as Google's "economic activity" in the UK. Read

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26 January 2016

Europe

Where does the EU export to?

By Amy Sippitt • 3 mins

The UK is the EU’s largest single export market in goods, if you treat the UK as if it were outside the EU. Read

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21 January 2016

Economy, Business & Finance

Ask Full Fact: Do addicts and alcoholics cost the taxpayer £10 billion a year?

By Amy Sippitt • 4 mins

£10 billion is an uncertain estimate of the public cost of people who are homeless, offenders or drug misusers or any combination of the three. Read

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19 January 2016

Education

Are changes to maintenance grants being made through an arcane loophole?

By Amy Sippitt • 5 mins

There's a debate over the way in which proposals to replace student maintenance grants with beefed-up loans have been introduced. We've taken a look. Read

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