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Today's Express hailed a crackdown on benefit fraud by the coalition Government, attributing some of the success to the National Benefit Fraud Hotline. Is it as successful as the article claims? Full Fact investigates. Read
Full Fact pushes for transparency from the Leveson Inquiry. Read
In PMQs this week Prime Minister David Cameron claimed the rise in Child Tax Credit this year was the biggest ever increase in Child Tax Credits. Is this true? Read
Labour Leader Ed Miliband today accused the Government of neglecting poorer public sector employees when drawing up their pension reforms. Is this fair? Read
With Labour claiming that spending is being cut on elderly care and the Government arguing that care spending is going up by some £7.2 billion, what is really happening to social care budgets? Read
A row broke out in the letters column of the Guardian last week over the number of ESA assessments that were successfully overturned in court. One reader claimed that the figure was as high as 70 per cent, whilst ATOS claimed the lower number of 8 per cent. So just who is right? Read
Earlier this week, Full Fact raised doubts about a claim from the British Medical Association (BMA) that smoking in a car exposed people to a level of toxins 23 times … Read
London Mayor Boris yesterday caused a stir by calling the head of the UK Statistics Authority a "Labour Stooge".As we said at the time, this slur was both misplaced and … Read
As one report released today recommends outlawing smoking in private vehicles, Full Fact take a look at one particularly striking claim. Read
Today at Mayor's Question Time, Boris Johnson was asked by Joanne McCartney MLA:"Given that there has been been misuse of the figures, given that you have been called into question … Read
