Europe
How the EU works: EU law and the UK
Dr Albertina Albors-Llorens gives a brief rundown of how EU law works. Read
Analysis
Europe
We do fact checks and explain news from Europe and the UK's links with it, so you can understand the big stories.
Europe
Manufacturing jobs and the EU
It's been claimed that two-thirds of manufacturing jobs are reliant on Britain's membership of the EU. That's wrong. Read
Fact checks
Europe
Poverty, apprenticeships and house building: Prime Minister's Questions, factchecked
We've factchecked claims from Prime Minister's Questions on poverty, apprenticeships, house building, and jobs going to non-UK EU nationals. Read
Fact checks
Europe
How the EU works: what is the single market?
Professor Catherine Barnard wrote the book on the EU single market (literally). Here's her simplified explanation of what it means. Read
Analysis
Immigration
Can we trust our immigration figures?
We issue many more NI numbers to nationals from the rest of the EU than the number of EU nationals estimated to be immigrating here. We don't yet know why. Read
Analysis
Immigration
Is EU immigration to blame for missing the net migration target?
Net migration from other EU countries isn't the only reason the government hasn't met its net migration target. Read
Fact checks
Economy, Business & Finance
3 March's BBC Question Time, factchecked
Last night's Question Time came from Liverpool. We've checked the panel's claims on the EU's influence, migrants into Europe, and tax. Read
Fact checks
Europe
Norway, Switzerland and EU laws
The government claims that Norway and Switzerland have to accept EU laws despite not being members in order to access the single market. That's about right. Read
Fact checks
Europe
25 February's BBC Question Time, factchecked
Last night's Question Time came from Poole. We've checked the panel's claims about our EU membership, Syrian aid, and weekend deaths in hospitals. Read
Fact checks
Europe
The UK's EU membership fee
In 2018 the UK government paid £13 billion to the EU budget, and EU spending on the UK was forecast to be £4 billion. So the UK’s ‘net contribution’ was estimated at about £9 billion. Read
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