Economy, Business & Finance
21% of UK electricity comes from nuclear
In 2015, the nuclear industry supplied about 21% of the UK’s energy overall. Read
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Elections on the horizon in Northern Ireland
The deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland, Martin McGuinness, resigned on Monday 9 January. If the Sinn Féin party don’t nominate a replacement, that does mean an election. Read
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Health
A&E waiting times: better or worse?
More patients are being seen within four hours at A&E departments, but the percentage of visits processed within that time has been falling. Read
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Health
How many patients die from thirst or starvation?
Roughly one patient every three or four days died as a direct result of malnutrition or dehydration in NHS and non-NHS hospitals in England and Wales across 2015. Read
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Health
Public satisfaction with the NHS
Data from 2017 doesn’t necessarily tell us much about public perceptions of the NHS this winter, still less its actual performance. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Age, motherhood and the gender pay gap
We’ve seen evidence that the pay gap gets bigger when women become mothers, but they don’t seem to have a clear advantage before then. Read
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Not all of Britain’s lawyers are “raking it in”
The legal sector turned over £32 billion in 2015, up on previous years, but that’s not connected with government legal aid. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
House building in England
Our overview of the supply and demand for homes in England. Read
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We've factchecked general elections and referendums, we've changed rules governing statistics, we've made sure that media outlets and government officiails correct themselves when they get something w Read
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A year in the Full Fact office
What a year! It’s been an exhilarating year for us: but also a frustrating one. From the EU referendum to post truth politics to automated factchecking, 2016 was a year to behold! Read
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