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"Bedroom tax must be axed says Nick Clegg in dramatic Lib Dem U-turn" - so proclaimed the front page of the Mirror today. But "axe" may not be the right … Read
The latest employment figures are out: employment is rising and unemployment is falling, continuing the general trend for the past two years. But people's wages aren't keeping pace with rising … Read
We've been following up on our recent factcheck of claims that hundreds of hospital patients are being "kicked out" of their beds overnight. It's suspected that many of these patients … Read
The Telegraph's Tom Chivers has uncovered what looks like an example of how poor communication of official figures can lead to inaccuracies being widely spread. He was looking at claims … Read
Last week Ofcom published its latest research looking at our attitudes to the broadcast media, including where we get our news from. One graph was a little hard to handle: … Read
Full Fact often works with the Office for National Statistics (ONS) to help journalists, politicians and the public better understand statistics, correcting mistakes when they are made. But even the … Read
This article has been updated. Yesterday we covered a disagreement during Prime Minister's Questions over waiting times for NHS treatments. Today the House of Commons Library has looked at another … Read
The winners of the Royal Statistical Society's Statistical Excellence Awards in Official Statistics, Journalism and the Pharmaceutical Industry were announced on StatsLife yesterday. Medals and prizes will be presented at … Read
Last week the Telegraph claimed that social media crimes accounted for 'half' of police calls, alongside similar reports by the BBC, Mail and Independent. The story originally came from the … Read
News that German Chancellor Angela Merkel's party has endorsed a cut to child benefits entitlement for migrants in Germany has led a number of papers to bring up an estimate … Read
