What is the Prevent strategy?
BBC Question Time on 25 May featured a lot of discussion about the government’s Prevent strategy. But what is Prevent? Read
Analysis
Law
Fact checks about UK law, how legal systems work, justice and human rights
Counter-terrorism powers
TPIMs, internment and Control Orders: how the government has tried to control terror suspects. Read
Analysis
Europe
Theresa May's EU negotiating experience
What was Theresa May’s involvement in negotiating the UK out of EU justice and home affairs laws? Read
Fact checks
Democratic deficit? The rules on election spending
The Conservative Party has been under investigation by the Electoral Commission, the police and the Crown Prosecution Service over election spending. Why? Read
Analysis
Europe
An introduction to the World Trade Organisation
The World Trade Organisation, or WTO, comes up again and again in the Brexit debate. Here’s our quick, expert guide to what it does. Read
Analysis
Is it a crime to be poor?
Court orders used to tackle rough sleeping can lead to criminal penalties. Read
Fact checks
When are domestic violence victims not “vulnerable”?
The judge in a domestic violence case in Manchester has been criticised for supposedly finding that the victim wasn't vulnerable. Here's what happened. Read
Fact checks
Royal Marine manslaughter conviction - the evidence
The main factual evidence in the case of Alexander Blackman, the Royal Marine convicted of a battlefield manslaughter, is in the public domain. Read
Fact checks
What changes are being made to pre-recorded evidence from alleged rape victims?
Plans for alleged rape victims to pre-record their evidence will be piloted in three courts from September, not rolled out nationwide. Read
Fact checks
Scottish independence and the law
Can Scotland legally hold another referendum? Read
Fact checks
