The Future of Promise Tracking
The Future of Promise Tracking is an in-depth report which examines promise tracking from first principles and builds towards recommendations on how a high-quality promise tracker can be built. Read
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The Future of Promise Tracking is an in-depth report which examines promise tracking from first principles and builds towards recommendations on how a high-quality promise tracker can be built. Read
We factchecked claims on political party donations, the size of the UK economy and the Brexit divorce bill. We’ll be publishing a further piece factchecking Keir Starmer’s claims about lorries at Dove Read
UK political parties can only accept donations from “permissible donors”. Individuals must be on the electoral register to donate. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The UK is the EU’s second largest economy after Germany, or third after Germany and France, depending on the measure of GDP you look at. Read
Europe
The OBR has estimated that the Brexit “divorce” bill will come to £37 billion and will be paid off by 2064. Read
There have been fewer votes in Parliament since the 2017 election than the same period after each election since 1997. Read
Europe
After Brexit, the UK will no longer be subject to EU laws which prohibit mobile roaming fees within the EU. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
There are an estimated 48,000 women working in engineering professions compared to 400,000 men. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
32,000 people worked in steel in 2016. More than half of these jobs are in Wales, and Yorkshire and Humber. Read
We looked at claims on: house building, the social housing sector, the steel industry and women in engineering. Read
Fact checking claims made by politicians, public figures and viral online content can give you the full picture backed by the evidence.
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