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The Daily Mail reported yesterday that up to 2,000 illegal immigrants, mainly Africans and Asians, had arrived in Calais - migrants who it said "will be able to claim benefits … Read
The Express front page today claimed there was "fury over Britain's 2m illegal migrants". Although we wouldn't go so far as 'fury', the claim is certainly troubling, although perhaps not … Read
"The option impossible is missing" — just one response to a Sky News tweet on Monday night on how difficult voters are finding it to get hold of trustworthy information … Read
The government's Troubled Families programme was initially launched to help an estimated 120,000 families and has since been extended to an additional 400,000 families. As we covered earlier this week, … Read
When the government first announced its Troubled Families programme, launched to help an estimated 120,000 families, it said these families were costing about £9 billion a year. In June last … Read
One of the reasons often given by the Yes Campaign in favour of independence is that the current system means Scotland has had "Tory-led governments we didn't vote for". The … Read
A record number of students awoke to find they'd been accepted onto their first choice university course today, according to the UCAS Chief Executive Mary Curnock Cook on the Today … Read
The Labour Party took to Facebook last night to claim: Following a few high profile cases of absonding prisoners in the last few months, in June Full Fact took a … Read
There are 628 fewer Sure Start centres since 2010 - equivalent to losing three a week - says Labour: The Department for Education disagrees. It's been quoted as saying just … Read
Last year a viral email providing a stream of 'facts' about foreign aid found its way to MPs' inboxes. It took issue with what it saw as parties saying "we're … Read
