Crime
The rising prison population
The prison population was about 45,000 in England and Wales in 1990 and 1991 and is now about 86,000. Read
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Fact checks
From false health claims to misleading statements on immigration, politics and conflict—our expert team delivers impartial, evidence based fact checks.
Crime
Does re-offending cost £13 billion a year?
That's the upper range of an estimate for 2007/08. Read
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Crime
Self-harm and suicides in jail
We check the Prime Minister's figures on self-inflicted deaths and injuries in prison. Read
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Crime
How many prisoners re-offend within a year of release?
Close to half of all prisoners in England and Wales will commit another criminal offence within a year of being released. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
4 February's BBC Question Time, factchecked
We checked the Question Time panel's claims about migrants' benefits, Norway and the EU, English speakers, and the Northern Powerhouse. Read
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Humanitarian aid to Syria in 2015
In 2015 the UN got half the money it said it needed to deal with the crisis in Syria. Of that money, half was from the US, UK, and Germany. Read
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Immigration
Net migration is at a record high, but it's not 380,000
Former Labour Home Secretary Alan Johnson was on Radio 4 Today discussing immigration. Read
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Health
Cancer, waiting lists and refugee children: factchecking Prime Minister's Questions
We've factchecked claims from Prime Minister's Questions on cancer patients, NHS performance and refugee children. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Universal Credit: will it "make work pay"?
There have been conflicting claims over whether Universal Credit will "make work pay". Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Do black workers face a widening pay gap the more qualifications they earn?
There’s evidence of an overall pay gap, but the relationship between qualifications and pay is complicated. Read
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