Crime
Hate incidents aren’t the same as hate crimes
A recent speech by Home Secretary Amber Rudd has been logged as a ‘hate incident’, but not as a ‘hate crime’. There’s a difference. Read
Fact checks
Crime
It's hard to measure crime, which can make news stories seem more worrying than they really are. We look past the headlines to explain the full picture.
Elections on the horizon in Northern Ireland
The deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland, Martin McGuinness, resigned on Monday 9 January. If the Sinn Féin party don’t nominate a replacement, that does mean an election. Read
Fact checks
Not all of Britain’s lawyers are “raking it in”
The legal sector turned over £32 billion in 2015, up on previous years, but that’s not connected with government legal aid. Read
Fact checks
Intercepted evidence can’t be used in court
Concern that a new surveillance law permits prosecutors to lie in court about evidence from intercepted communications is misplaced. Read
Fact checks
Europe
Leaving the EU without Article 50
Pulling out of the European Union without triggering Article 50 would be illegal. Read
Fact checks
Crime
Why homicide is now 2,700 times more serious than cannabis
New estimates have rated crimes by their severity, but they can’t tell us about crime trends over time. Read
Fact checks
Brexit in the Supreme Court: a preview
The Supreme Court will decide whether the government has the power to trigger Brexit without an Act of Parliament. Here's what you need to know about the case. Read
Fact checks
Crime
Far right extremism: a growing problem?
The Home Office says far right referrals under the Prevent strategy are higher than other types, but the data isn't routinely published so we don't know the exact figures. Across the UK the number of Read
Fact checks
Crime
Young offenders from ethnic minorities
HM Inspectorate of Prisons found that 47% of people in young offender institutions said they were black, Asian or minority ethnic in 2015/16. Read
Fact checks
Was a refugee acquitted of rape because he didn't speak German?
A case in Austria, picked up by Russia's media and president, did see a rape conviction set aside for legal reasons. But there's a lot more to it. Read
Fact checks
