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.

2 October 2018

Economy, Business & Finance

Do new Universal Credit requirements affect women more?

By Joël Reland • 5 mins

Under Universal Credit, parents have to look for work when their child turns three. Some research suggests this could be more difficult for single parents—the majority of whom are women. Read

Fact checks

13 September 2018

Immigration

Is 82% of population growth driven by migration?

By Joël Reland • 6 mins

Including children born to immigrants, this seems broadly correct for the period 2001-2016. Read

Fact checks

11 September 2018

Europe

Irish border: how much trade?

By Joël Reland • 5 mins

We look at the volume of trade across the Irish border. Read

Fact checks

31 August 2018

Economy, Business & Finance

The state of social renting in Scotland

By Joël Reland • 5 mins

The number of social homes started in Scotland each year has been slightly higher under the SNP than the Labour-Lib Dem coalition. Read

Fact checks

17 August 2018

Health

How many cyclists are killed each year?

By Joël Reland • 5 mins

Cyclists made up 6% of deaths and 14% of serious injuries on British roads in 2016. Around 1% of pedestrian deaths were caused by cyclists. Read

Fact checks

15 August 2018

Health

NHS pay deal: why are some staff not getting their promised rises?

By Joël Reland • 7 mins

Some NHS staff were told they would all get a 3% pay rise from April this year, but many won’t get the full rise until later this financial year. Read

Fact checks

8 August 2018

Health

How many deaths from this summer’s heatwave?

By Joël Reland • 4 mins

High temperatures have been linked to increased mortality rates in the past, but we don’t know the full picture for this summer yet. Read

Fact checks

27 July 2018

Crime

Has the government’s voter ID scheme been a success?

By Joël Reland • 6 mins

A small-scale pilot a voter ID scheme saw more voters turned away in one day than there have been cases of voters impersonating other voters at polling stations in the last eight years. Read

Fact checks

23 July 2018

Europe

This viral image showing the cost of different Brexit deals is wrong in a lot of ways

By Joël Reland • 6 mins

The government modelled the impact of different post-Brexit trade deals on the economy. They expect slower growth under each model, but the exact details remain unclear. Read

Fact checks

10 July 2018

Europe

Do EU rules prevent safer lorries?

By Joël Reland • 3 mins

Lorry design specifications are set by the EU, but the UK initially opposed its plans to allow safer lorries on the road. Read

Fact checks