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The Public Administration Select Committee has just published its report on communicating statistics, under the title "Communicating statistics: Not just true, but also fair". It said departmental press officers and … Read
Europe
The Government and the EU Commission are at loggerheads over benefit entitlements of migrants. Iain Duncan Smith has said that "caving in" to their demands would cost the taxpayer £155 million per year. Full Fact inspects the tariff. Read
Crime
In the wake of the Woolwich terror attack, there are calls for MI5 to get full access to people's internet activities. Nick Herbert MP has said that intelligence services currently lack access to a quarter of the online data they need. Is this claim based on sound evidence? Read
Education
Business Secretary Vince Cable made headlines today by claiming that his Government's immigration target was "distorting the debate on sensible university policy". Do the figures support him? Read
Hundreds of thousands of families and pensioners are living in sub-standard accommodation, say Labour. How do they know? Read
Earlier this month the Press Complaints Commission (PCC) decided the Sun had not been "significantly misleading" after Full Fact complained the newspaper had used 'voodoo polling' to justify an article … Read
Immigration
When commenting on population growth and the shortage of school places in London, Boris Johnson said the rise was not a function of immigration. Does this claim stack up? Read
Economy, Business & Finance
MPs plan to question Ministers from the Department for Work and Pensions about its media handling of benefit statistics. This follows Iain Duncan Smith's claims last month about the success … Read
Crime
As the Justice Secretary is reported to be 'considering' changes to UK sentencing policy, Full Fact checks out how things work at the moment. Read
Europe
With Britain's EU membership once more under the spotlight, is it the case that our membership is worth £3,500 to every UK household? Read
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