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Crime
In the wake of the report into sexual abuse in Rotherham, we take a look at the available evidence on perpetrators and victims in England and Wales. Read
The Express front page today claimed there was "fury over Britain's 2m illegal migrants". Although we wouldn't go so far as 'fury', the claim is certainly troubling, although perhaps not … Read
"The option impossible is missing" — just one response to a Sky News tweet on Monday night on how difficult voters are finding it to get hold of trustworthy information … Read
The government's Troubled Families programme was initially launched to help an estimated 120,000 families and has since been extended to an additional 400,000 families. As we covered earlier this week, … Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Yesterday there seemed to be confusion in the media about the source of an estimate that 'troubled families' are costing the taxpayer £30 billion a year. Today we provide more detail on the figure. Read
When the government first announced its Troubled Families programme, launched to help an estimated 120,000 families, it said these families were costing about £9 billion a year. In June last … Read
One of the reasons often given by the Yes Campaign in favour of independence is that the current system means Scotland has had "Tory-led governments we didn't vote for". The … Read
Health
The Guardian today reported that two thirds of depression cases go untreated. We take a look at the claim, and also the figures for some other mental disorders. Read
A record number of students awoke to find they'd been accepted onto their first choice university course today, according to the UCAS Chief Executive Mary Curnock Cook on the Today … Read
The Labour Party took to Facebook last night to claim: Following a few high profile cases of absonding prisoners in the last few months, in June Full Fact took a … Read
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