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12 January 2018

BBC Question Time: factchecked

By Full Fact Team • 11 mins

We factchecked the panel's claims on: spending on the NHS in England; how population and life expectancy levels have increased since the NHS was founded and whether the NHS has more beds. Read

Analysis
9 January 2018

Crime

Police funding in England and Wales

By Full Fact Team • 4 mins

Police funding fell from 2010/11 to 2015/16. An extra £460 million for 2018 largely comes from allowing PCCs to increase council tax. Read

Analysis
22 December 2017

Health

Is the NHS recruiting enough new GPs?

By Joseph O’Leary • 5 mins

The number of GPs is falling, but we can’t be certain by how much. The number in training is rising, although we don’t know if this will be enough for the government to meet its recruitment targets. Read

Fact check
20 December 2017

2017: factchecked

By Full Fact Team • 7 mins

Here's what we got up to in the last 12 months. Read

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