How many countries allow parents to smack children?
A small group of countries in Europe, including the UK, do not have an outright ban on parents smacking children. Read
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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.
Is it legal to kill people fighting for Islamic State in Syria?
There’s no single authoritative statement of what’s allowed in international law. Read
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Did the government ignore a vote in parliament on Universal Credit?
Conservative MPs were told not to take part in the vote. Over 40 Conservative MPs spoke in the debate. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Unemployment in the UK since 1975
Unemployment in the UK was at 4.3% between May and July 2017. Read
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Abortions in court in Northern Ireland
Abortion is banned in Northern Ireland except to protect the health of the mother. Campaigners have been trying to change the law. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
60% of Northern Ireland’s exports go to the rest of the UK
Correct that 60% of all sales from Northern Ireland went to Great Britain in 2015. Read
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Health
Is the term 'NHS winter crisis' becoming more common?
What does a crude search for articles containing both NHS and “winter crisis” in a newspaper database tell us about use of the term? Read
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Health
Will £500 million make any difference to the NHS at winter?
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
Facebook moves against secretive political advertising—beating MPs to the punch
Facebook has announced new rules to stop people running political advertising that can’t be traced. How much good this announcement does will depend on the details. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
The UK public debt is rising
The deficit is falling and debt is still rising. Read
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