Europe
What is the Irish backstop?
The “Irish backstop” is an insurance policy in UK-EU Brexit negotiations to ensure there is no hard border in Ireland. Read
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Europe
We do fact checks and explain news from Europe and the UK's links with it, so you can understand the big stories.
BBC Question Time: Recap and Factcheck
Question Time on 11 October 2018 came from Edinburgh. Topics covered included Universal Credit, Brexit and education in Scotland and the line-up included Kezia Dugdale, Mike Russell and Fraser Nelson. Read
Analysis
Economy, Business & Finance
Doing a sterling job? How the UK’s employment record compares to the EU
Over the past eight years the UK’s employment growth has ranked 12th out of 28 EU countries. Our employment rate was fourth highest in the EU in the first three months of 2018. Read
Fact checks
Europe
There are lots of things wrong with this MP’s Brexit poll
Charlie Elphicke MP used a poll from his own Facebook page to show the “astonishing” popularity of a free trade deal. But polling like this is deeply flawed. Read
Analysis
Economy, Business & Finance
One measure of inequality makes the UK look far less equal than other countries—it’s not
The UK is about average among similar high-income countries when it comes to income inequality. Read
Fact checks
Europe
The no deal papers: why no deal could mean lots of little deals on travel
What could no deal mean for UK-EU airline and bus routes, and airport security checks? Read
Analysis
Economy, Business & Finance
BBC Question Time: Recap and Factcheck
Question Time on 20 September 2018 came from the West Yorkshire town of Dewsbury. Topics covered included the Chequers deal, rail nationalisation, Islamophobia, and party conferences. Read
Analysis
Europe
Has public opinion swung in favour of a second EU referendum?
There is some evidence that public opinion has swung towards a referendum on the final Brexit deal, but the evidence is not consistent. Read
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Europe
Out of Africa: the facts about EU tariffs on African exports
The EU has schemes in place with the majority of African countries that mean that they can import almost all of their goods into the EU tariff-free. Read
Fact checks
BBC Question Time: Recap and Factcheck
Question Time on September 13, 2018 came from the Oxfordshire town of Banbury. Topics covered included the Salisbury poisoning, Brexit, zero hours contracts, and prisons. Read
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