Fact checks
Law
Fact checks about UK law, how legal systems work, justice and human rights
Europe
TTIP and the NHS
Campaigners worry that an EU trade agreement called TTIP might have implications for a public NHS. This seems unlikely, although the issues are complicated. Read
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Europe
5 May's BBC Question Time, factchecked
We've checked the panel's claims on frontline services, the European Union, laws about discrimination, and education. Read
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Europe
Human rights and the EU
What does the European Union have to do with human rights laws? A little, and a lot. Joshua Rozenberg explains. Read
Analysis
Education
Schools, migrant children, and sentencing: Prime Minister's Questions, factchecked
We've factchecked claims from Prime Minister's Questions on schools, migrant children, and sentencing. Read
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The Court of Protection
An overview of the Court of Protection, which deals with cases where people lack capacity to make their own decisions. Read
Analysis
Education
Teacher shortages, school places and childcare: factchecking Prime Minister's Questions
We've factchecked claims from Prime Minister's Questions on teacher shortages, school places, childcare and joint enterprise. Read
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Crime
Could killers convicted under 'joint enterprise' walk free from jail?
Could killers walk free as a result of changes to the law? Not necessarily. Read
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Crime
Can killers now avoid life in prison with a guilty plea?
Suggested new guidelines for judges, published today, wouldn’t significantly change the rules on when someone stays in prison for life. Read
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Lord Neuberger on veils in court
Newspaper reports of what Lord Neuberger, President of the Supreme Court, thinks about women wearing veils in court are right—unlike the last time around. Read
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