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Following more comments by news outlets and commentators on the European Court of Human Rights' procedures and figures, Full Fact attempts to clear up some of the ambiguities surrounding the reporting of the body. Read
Sir Michael Scholar, the outgoing Chairman of the UK Statistics Authority, has today written to Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith to express some concerns about figures released by … Read
The ongoing Leveson Inquiry has placed the culture and practices of the newspaper industry in the spotlight. As part of this, Full Fact has been working hard to ensure that … Read
On yesterday's BBC Today Programme Iain Duncan Smith claimed that the definition of homelessness was that children have to share rooms. The homeless charity Shelter hit back and claimed this was false. Full Fact was naturally intrigued. Read
The Guardian yesterday pointed out that the savings from a benefit cap would amount to just £270 million. They added that £53 billion in welfare is paid to those who are earning more than average. Was the newspaper right? Read
A survey released today reports that trust in the media in the UK has risen from 22 per cent to 37 per cent over the past year. It is the … Read
Green Leader Caroline Lucas argued on last week's Question Time that the government currently subsidises the aviation industry by £10 billion every year, but is this correct? Read
According to a report by the Free Enterprise Group, a group of Conservative MPs, Britain could be losing up to £1.2 billion in trade as a consequence of poor flight connections. But where does this figure come from? Read
The Sun claims that £220 million is wasted on DLA fraud and error and up to £800 million on claimants who are no longer eligible. Is this the case? Read
This morning on the Today programme, the Mayor of London claimed that 25 per cent of people in Europe affected by aircraft noise live near Heathrow. Is Mr. Johnson's claim correct? Read
