Dodgy uses of statistics and how the BBC can avoid them
We were glad to see the BBC Trust take up our recommendations in its recent report on the BBC's coverage and use of statistics. Read
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Phoebe Arnold
Policy Lead
Phoebe leads our policy work and engagement with parliamentarians and government. Before joining Full Fact’s policy team in 2019, Phoebe worked as a researcher and project manager on anti-disinformation campaigns globally, and did a previous stint at Full Fact building our communications team and impact work.
Open Democracy corrects claim about deaths in police custody
We are grateful to Open Democracy for correcting their article. Read
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The Times sets an example with correction to cost of bed blocking claim
The Times published a front page correction to its article on the cost of bedblocking. Read
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UK Statistics Authority calls £350m EU membership fee claim "potentially misleading"
UK's statistics watchdog says Vote Leave's use of £350m per week EU membership fee is "potentially misleading" if you leave out the caveat that we get a rebate. Read
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Data on migrants' benefits: statistics watchdog highlights time lag
The Government has released data to support its claims about migrants and benefits, but the UK Statistics Authority is disappointed about the delay. Read
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Factchecking the Energy Bill second reading
We've factchecked claims about onshore wind, the Renewables Obligation, energy targets, the cost of energy to consumers, and jobs in the energy industry. Read
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Health Secretary responds to our correction request on weekend deaths in hospitals
In October we checked the Health Secretary's claim that, "there are 11,000 excess deaths because we do not staff our hospitals properly at weekends." Here's the reply when we asked for a correction. Read
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Migrants and the benefits system: let's see the evidence
The evidence behind the Prime Minister's claims on EU migrants and benefits needs to be published. Read
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Statistics Authority calls for research on fit to work deaths
In August the Department for Work and Pensions released statistics about people who died while on benefits, or in the year they came off benefits. But the figures were confusing. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Who's responsible for scrutinizing our official statistics?
The government has announced a review of the production Britain's economic statistics. The Treasury could assume responsibility for the quality of official figures, and it's argued that this would make production answerable to parliament. But the production of UK statistics is already answerable to parliament through the work of the UK statistics authority. Read
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