Europe
Does the new withdrawal agreement create a border in the Irish Sea?
Checks would have to take place on goods crossing into Northern Ireland from Great Britain. Read
Analysis
Joël Reland
Fact checker (former)
Joël joined Full Fact in 2017 as an intern. He researched and wrote fact checks. He previously worked for Policy in Practice, analysing the impact of the transition to Universal Credit on local authorities, and for the polling and research consultancy Greenberg Quinlan Rosner. He has a BA in History from the University of Cambridge, and an MSc in International Political Theory from the University of Edinburgh.
Europe
Brexit plans: five key arguments factchecked
We round up five of the most commonly repeated points about how to get a Brexit deal over the line that we’ve covered before. Read
Analysis
Factbombing: methodology
The methodology that we used for our factbombing article. Read
Analysis
Economy, Business & Finance
Employment: What’s happened to wages since 2010
In our fifth and final piece we look at what's happened to wages since 2010. Read
Analysis
Economy, Business & Finance
Employment: Is employment up only because of zero hours contracts?
In our fourth piece of this series we look at the claim that employment is only up since 2010 because of zero hours jobs. Read
Analysis
Economy, Business & Finance
Employment: Is work being spread more thinly?
In our third piece of this series, we look at whether the employment rate is high because people working one hour a week are included as employed. Read
Analysis
Economy, Business & Finance
Employment: How is it defined and why does that matter?
In our second piece of this series, we look at the definition of employment. Lots of people think that the government changes the definition of unemployment, so you can’t compare figures over time. Read
Analysis
Economy, Business & Finance
Employment: Can you trust employment statistics?
The debate around employment and earnings can be confusing and combative. Our new series explains the facts. Read
Analysis
Europe
The UK can’t be forced to leave the EU or to join the euro
The UK cannot be forced to join the euro if it remains a member of the EU. The EU could apply political pressure on the UK to do so, but this is highly unlikely in the current political context. Read
Analysis
Crime
What’s happening to knife crime?
Knife crime has almost certainly been rising in recent years, and knife-related homicides are at a record high. Read
Analysis
