Immigration
Immigration and unemployment in the UK
It’s correct that there were about 1.7 million unemployed people in the UK at the last count, in July-September 2016. Read
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How Supreme Court judges are chosen
Is the system for choosing UK Supreme Court justices “secretive and opaque”? Read
Analysis
BBC Question Time, factchecked
We factchecked claims about immigration, Article 50, HS2 journey times, and claims made during the EU referendum campaign. Read
Analysis
Economy, Business & Finance
HS2: is it faster?
We looked at whether HS2 will be faster for travellers than current trains. Read
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Europe
False claims, forecasts, and the EU Referendum
Campaigners on both sides of the EU referendum made false claims, or predicted things that turned out to be wrong. Sometimes they made false claims about the false claims made by each other. Read
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Europe
Leaving the EU without Article 50
Pulling out of the European Union without triggering Article 50 would be illegal. Read
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Europe
Article 50: a two-year limit
A two-year clock starts ticking as soon as the UK gives notice under Article 50 that it’s leaving the EU. Read
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Immigration
Immigration to the UK has been rising
Immigration to the UK rose considerably in 2004, and is now estimated at roughly record levels. Read
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Immigration
A third of babies have at least one parent born outside the UK
It’s true that about a third of children born in England and Wales have one or more parents who were born outside country, although you probably wouldn’t call all those parents ‘foreign’. Read
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Crime
Why homicide is now 2,700 times more serious than cannabis
New estimates have rated crimes by their severity, but they can’t tell us about crime trends over time. Read
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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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