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.

1 June 2018

Economy, Business & Finance

Would an independent Scotland have to keep the pound and cut public spending?

By Joël Reland • 3 mins

A report commissioned by the Scottish National Party recommends that an independent Scotland should not immediately change its currency from the pound. Read

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31 May 2018

Economy, Business & Finance

HMRC: how many unanswered calls?

By Joël Reland • 4 mins

Around 13% of calls to HMRC have gone unanswered in the eleven months from April 2017, compared to 8% in the same months the year before. Read

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29 May 2018

Education

Black and ethnic minority students at the University of Oxford

By Joël Reland • 5 mins

White applicants to Oxford University from the UK are twice as likely to be accepted as black applicants. Overall, 18% of undergraduates from the UK who took up their place at Oxford in 2017 were BME. Read

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25 May 2018

Education

Higher education: a white, middle-class affair?

By Joël Reland • 3 mins

4% of UK students who began their first UK university degree in 2016/17 were white, but white students are the least likely ethnic group to enter higher education. Read

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21 May 2018

Europe

Trade across the Irish Sea

By Joël Reland • 3 mins

In 2016, the majority of Northern Irish goods trade sent outside its borders went to Great Britain. Read

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17 May 2018

Health

NHS viral image factcheck

By Grace Rahman and Joël Reland • 9 mins

We’ve factchecked a viral graphic on NHS funding, A&E waiting times, ambulance targets, hospital beds and GPs. Read

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14 May 2018

Education

Sure Start, school building and tuition fees: the Conservative and Coalition record

By Joël Reland • 5 mins

Explaining the Coalition and Conservative governments’ record on tuition fees, Education Maintenance Allowance, Sure Start, and school building. Read

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9 May 2018

Health

Are there 100,000 vacancies in the NHS?

By Joël Reland and Claire Milne • 6 mins

There were reportedly 100,000 vacancies in NHS trusts in England between October-December 2017. Home Office caps on visa numbers mean some international doctors cannot enter the UK to work. Read

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8 May 2018

Economy, Business & Finance

Affordable homes: comparing Labour and Conservative records

By Joël Reland • 3 mins

346,000 affordable homes were added in the seven years of coalition and Conservative government to 2016/17. That’s slightly more than the last seven years of Labour. Read

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4 May 2018

Economy, Business & Finance

Did Labour make 1.4 million “non-decent” homes fit to live in?

By Joël Reland • 2 mins

The last Labour government launched a programme to make “non-decent” homes fit for living in. An estimated 1.4 million social sector homes underwent work. Read

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