We do fact checks and explain news from Europe and the UK's links with it, so you can understand the big stories.
Europe
The government’s own figures show that hundreds of EU laws have already been amended, repealed or replaced. Read
Europe
A poll said 5% of people in Northern Ireland trusted the UK government to manage the interests of Northern Ireland with respect to the protocol. Read
Europe
The Prime Minister has made the same incorrect claim several times before. Read
Europe
Claims that the EU forced the UK to adopt the metric system and made the use of imperial measures illegal are not entirely true. Read
Europe
The European Court of Human Rights is a totally separate institution from the EU. Read
Europe
The law is more complicated than recent headlines have made it seem. Read
The post also compares Germany’s maximum state pension to the UK’s. Germany’s state pensions are difficult to compare to ours as theirs are based on income whilst the UK’s isn’t. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Labour MP Chris Bryant also claimed that VAT exemption on solar panels already happens in the EU. This isn’t quite true. Read
The clip was first shared by a producer of the series in December 2020. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office said it has sanctioned Russian bank assets worth more than those sanctioned by the US or EU—but hasn’t explained how it reached its figures. Read
