Are foreign criminals using human rights to avoid being deported?
133 foreign criminals were allowed to stay in the country out of respect for their human rights in 2013. Read
Analysis
Law
Fact checks about UK law, how legal systems work, justice and human rights
Keeping human rights, while scrapping them
It's the end of the world as we know it. Or it's a plan to "reform and modernise our human rights legal framework". We'll just describe it as the Conservative … Read
Analysis
Europe
The EU, homeopathy and Norwegian vets
"EU orders Britain's organic farmers to treat sick animals with homeopathy"—Daily Telegraph, 24 April 2015 For better or worse, homeopathic remedies are certainly promoted in EU organic food standards. But … Read
Fact checks
Fact checks
The UK's record in human rights cases
What does looking at the recent results of human rights cases against the UK show us? Read
Analysis
Is the DWP reviewing a link between suicides and welfare reform?
The DWP has carried out internal 'Peer Reviews' in 40 individual cases since February 2012 after the suicide or apparent suicide of a customer. Read
Fact checks
Europe
Clash of the manifestos: EU referendums
"[We] passed a law to guarantee a referendum before Britain passes any more powers to the EU [and will ensure that] any referendum triggered by the EU Act is on … Read
Fact checks
Europe
Clash of the manifestos: TTIP and the NHS
We factchecked what the manifestos had to say about TTIP and the NHS. Read
Fact checks
Does the largest political party form the government?
The party with the most MPs usually forms a government, but things get complicated when there's no overall majority. Read
Fact checks
Crime
Lord Janner prosecution decision: process or plot?
"Ruling raises new fears of establishment cover-up"—The Times, 16 April 2015 The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said yesterday that it would not prosecute Lord Janner, a Labour peer, in relation … Read
Analysis