Health
Is a young person diagnosed with an STI in England every four minutes?
There were 144,000 diagnoses of the STIs chlamydia and gonorrhoea in young people in England last year. Read
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Grace Rahman
News & Online Editor
Grace joined Full Fact in March 2018 from the Press Association. She’s in charge of our work on the Third Party Fact Checking programme with Facebook and is particularly interested in debunking rumours spreading on social media.
She is a qualified journalist and has a Biology degree.
Economy, Business & Finance
How much does the government subsidise the railways by?
The average rail ticket is 20% more expensive than it was in 1995, and government subsidies for the railways have also increased. Read
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Are 100 companies causing 71% of carbon emissions?
There’s more to the claim that 100 companies cause 71% of emissions. Read
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Health
NHS and private hospitals: who pays business rates?
Private hospitals can register as charities and save 80% on their business rates payments, while some NHS hospitals have faced a business rates increase. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
The UK foreign aid budget: what did the government spend in 2017?
An image saying foreign aid funding should be diverted to the NHS has gone viral. But is it right about the size of the UK government’s foreign aid budget? Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
How much of this meme on government spending is true?
A widely shared tweet makes several claims about government spending on defence, the royals, HS2, Trident, Donald Trump’s visit and more. But what did these things actually cost? Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Have 100,000 retail jobs been lost over three years?
The number of retail jobs changes with the season, but the annual average has dropped slightly in the last three years. Read
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Crime
What do we know about which ethnic groups get arrested for terrorism charges?
In the year to June 2018, slightly more white people were arrested for terrorism-related activity than any other group, although their ethnicity was recorded by police. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Pay rises: how much do nurses, the police, teachers and MPs get paid?
Several claims have been made about pay changes for police, teachers, nurses and MPs. We took a look at them. Read
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Health
The Natural Cycles app: does it work?
A contraception and fertility app claims to have a quarter of a million UK users, but what’s the proof that it effectively protects against pregnancy? Read
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