From false health claims to misleading statements on immigration, politics and conflict—our expert team delivers impartial, evidence based fact checks.
In a speech yesterday to the charity Relate, Iain Duncan Smith appeared to put the cost of "broken families" in Britain at £100 billion. So, at least, thought the media. Was this really what he meant? And if so, where did it come from? Read
A row has broken out between the parties over whether health spending will still increase regardless of whether an additional £1 billion in funds for social care is included. Full Fact takes a look at the arguments... Read
As Full Fact continues an examination of the debates surrounding the Comprehensive Spending Review with a look at the the claims the Chancellor made with regard to social housing. Read
Cabinet Office Minister Francis Maude yesterday announced the names of the quangos due to be culled in the forthcoming Public Bodies Bill. However is the previous Government to blame for the large number of quangos in the first place? The Tories and Labour's Tessa Jowell suggest differently. Read
The Prime Minister David Cameron today accused Ed Miliband of ignoring the 'squeezed middle' whilst in Government, allowing council tax to double since 1997. Did this actually happen, and if so, how should we apportion responsibility? Read
With controversy erupting in Westminster over Lord Browne's review of Higher Education, the President of Universities UK today claimed that Labour oversaw a £400m reduction in university budgets. Is this a full and fair representation of the previous Government's record? Read
An inaccurate headline cropped from a valid claim has now been repeated in Parliament by Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith. Full Fact unearths the full story on comparative rates of jobless households. Read
In his first conference speech as Health Secretary Andrew Lansley pointed to figures suggesting a spiralling cost of administration in the health service. Full Fact found that his statistics, though valid, were worth putting in context. Read
When Michael Gove first floated the idea of free schools, he made much of their success in Sweden. But since then, opponents have questioned whether Sweden is really such an advertisement for competition in education. So what are Swedish free schools really - a beacon or a warning? Read
With Vince Cable announcing planned cuts to Higher Education budgets earlier this month, the outlook for the UK's universities has been under some discussion. But is the Chair of a Lords Committee right to point to Lady Thatcher's Government as an example of the damage cuts can do to academia? Read
