Economy, Business & Finance
Council house replacements
We’ve looked into claims made by Jeremy Corbyn in his speech at the Labour party conference. Read
Fact checks
Claire Milne
Health Editor
Claire joined Full Fact in 2016 and leads on work relating to Health and Social Care. In addition to fact checking work, she takes part in Full Fact’s work with schools, universities and statisticians, speaking about fact checking and the work of Full Fact. She has also appeared on BBC Live Lessons talking to schools about how to spot misinformation.
Health
Are 125,000 operations predicted to be cancelled?
Although reports have varied, the government and health bosses are now agreed that around 125,000 operations are expected to be cancelled over junior doctors’ strikes between September and December. Read
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The £150 million BBC licence fee loophole?
The BBC has said it will make £150 million less in 2016/17 from licence fees than it had expected in 2011, which it attributes to an 'iPlayer loophole'. Read
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Immigration
Counting the number of migrants in the Calais ‘jungle’
Officials and charities disagree over an extra 2,000 migrants in the Calais camp. We look at how both got their figures. Read
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Health
Is there a shortage of maternal mental health services?
Figures show that 39% of CCGs have no community mental health provision for pregnant or new mothers. Read
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The Olympic Games, factchecked
We looked into whether this was Team GB's best Olympics ever, how much funding it gets, and which sports UK athletes have won the most medals in. Read
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Crime
Reporting sexual offences in schools: an incomplete picture
Figures suggest sexual offences in schools have more than doubled over four years, but they are incomplete and don’t show the full picture across the UK. Read
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Murray wins a second gold, but he’s not the first
Andy Murray is the first to win two Olympic gold medals in singles tennis, but other men and women have won multiple gold medals. Read
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Health
No source yet for £6bn cost of 'bed blocking' claim
There were over 170,000 delayed bed days in June because patients weren't discharged once they were fit. This could cost the NHS up to £900 million a year. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Do farmers make more from subsidies than agriculture?
On average most farms in the UK make more from subsidies than they do from agriculture, but this varies depending on the size and type of the farm. Read
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