Health
What does obesity cost the economy?
We’ve looked into the claim that it costs £27 billion. Read
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Health
Get clear and trusted health facts. We explain symptoms, treatments, and health advice in simple language you can understand.
Economy, Business & Finance
Jobs, pollution, and academies: Prime Minister's Questions, factchecked
We've factchecked claims from Prime Minister's Questions on employment figures, pollution, renewable energy, gun crime, and academies. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
10 March's BBC Question Time, factchecked
Last night's Question Time came from Dundee. We've checked the panel's claims on the EU referendum, the Scottish economy, oil revenues, and NHS spending. Read
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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
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Health
Junior doctors, the NHS, and European unemployment: factchecking Prime Minister's Questions
We've factchecked claims from Prime Minister's Questions on junior doctors, NHS weekend deaths, NHS funding, and unemployment in Europe. Read
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Health
How to interpret today's reports about air pollution
A new report published today says that around 40,000 deaths are attributable to exposure to outdoor air pollution in the UK every year. Read
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Health
Unanswered questions on “extra £1 billion” for mental health
Despite the announcement we still don’t know how spending on mental health services will fare over the next five years. Read
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Health
What’s behind the rise in deaths?
Reports this morning have said that a rise in the number of deaths prompted warnings of a crisis in care for the elderly. Read
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Health
Does mental ill health cost £105 billion a year?
The estimate that mental ill health costs around £105 billion comes from research by health charity Centre for Mental Health back in 2010. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
11 February's BBC Question Time, factchecked
Question Time last night was in Llanelli, Wales. We've checked the panel's claims on the Welsh NHS, junior doctors and the effect of immigration on wages. Read
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