Will Moy

Chief Executive (former)

Will gave the Royal Statistical Society’s Beveridge Lecture Other Truths Are Available in 2018, co-authored The State of Automated Factchecking with Mevan Babakar in 2016, and regularly appears in the media and at events to discuss Full Fact’s work. Will has served on advisory groups for the ESRC, Ofcom, the Pew Charitable Trusts, and the Treasury, and regularly gives evidence to select committees and other inquiries. He has advised the ONS on a communications review and he was a Marketing Academy Scholar in 2018. He volunteers as a trainer on the NCVO’s Certificate in Campaigning for charities. Before Full Fact, Will worked in the House of Lords for non-party affiliated peer Lord Low of Dalston and for the Parliamentary Advisory Council on Transport Safety. He previously worked briefly in tech.

29 September 2017

Health

Will £500 million make any difference to the NHS at winter?

By Will Moy • 2 mins

Government after government has considered £500 million plenty of money to boast about giving the NHS to help deal with the extra pressures of winter. Read

Analysis

7 June 2017

Economy, Business & Finance

Election 2017: what the parties haven’t told voters

By Will Moy • 2 mins

Full Fact factchecks what the parties do say. Often what they haven't said matters even more. Read

Analysis

18 September 2015

Ask Full Fact: does 80% of the public support the monarchy?

By Will Moy • 2 mins

A reader told us that they keep hearing that 80% of the public support the monarchy. We take a look at the figures. Read

Analysis

16 July 2015

The hunt for 8.4 million Welsh-speaking telly addicts (yng Nghymraeg!)

By Will Moy • 2 mins

Now in Welsh: Minister says twice as many people watch Welsh language TV as live in Wales. Read

Analysis

9 May 2015

Should we trust the opinion polls any more?

By Will Moy • 3 mins

Opinion pollsters had a pretty bad election day. All the pollsters underestimated the Conservative lead over Labour.* Now they are having an inquiry into why. In their defence, the British … Read

Analysis

31 March 2015

Health

The government has put about £13 billion more into the NHS in this parliament

By Will Moy • 1 min

David Cameron just told the Today Programme that the government has increased spending on the NHS by £12.7 billion. NHS spending is up by about £13 billion. Spending went up … Read

Analysis

31 March 2015

31 Mar: jobs, mental health, and the fallout from unsubstantiated claims yesterday

By Will Moy • 1 min

The election doesn't make the top ten most read on BBC News or the Telegraph today. The Telegraph's Matt cartoon gets to the point. It only gets one spot (the … Read

Analysis

30 March 2015

Economy, Business & Finance

30 Mar: the importance of the EU, and your future tax bill

By Will Moy • 1 min

Today we open our 18 hour-a-day election centre, factchecking the parties, the candidates, the media, and the pressure groups as we near the vote on May 7th. Despite the parties' … Read

Analysis

1 February 2015

Education

The war on illiteracy and innumeracy has begun but what's the proper target?

By Will Moy, Amy Sippitt • 2 mins

As the Government launches its 'war on illiteracy and innumeracy' today, its own reading skills need some scrutiny. Read

Analysis

18 December 2014

Statistics Authority rebukes Education Secretary for 'shocking statistic' claim

By Will Moy • 1 min

The UK Statistics Authority has rebuked Nicky Morgan, the Secretary of State for Education, who claimed in Parliament last week that "... under the previous Labour Government one in three … Read

Analysis