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The issue of housing costs is a topic that has kept Full Fact busy over the years. Most recently, we looked at whether private housing rents were rising or falling … Read
The launch of an RSA and Pearson Centre for Policy and Learning-backed academies commission was featured in this morning's Today programme, re-opening the argument about the Government's "academisation" policy. Over … Read
Following a series of Freedom of Information requests by the NSPCC, several newspapers reported that a child was sexually assaulted every 20 minutes in 2011. Did they report the figures accurately? Read
Tensions reportedly ran high at the LBC radio Mayoral hustings this week. But who got their facts straight when talking about police numbers? Read
Following the Bank of England's publication of the latest bank lending figures, along with the ONS's downward revision of GDP growth, Shadow Business Secretary Chuka Umunna summarised the findings in a damning critique of the Government's economic policy. Was his summary right on the mark? Read
The Telegraph yesterday fanned concern over high levels of out of court disposals in the criminal justice system. They claimed that as many as two in five violent criminals are handed a caution. Is this the case? Read
Over the next five weeks, Full Fact will be covering the London Mayoral election, providing coverage of the candidates' claims and what they really mean. But to begin with - … Read
Last week we wrote about a recent trend for news outlets to release 'exclusive' stories based on privately obtained official data. This is something we successfully challenged in 2010 when … Read
The Prime Minister claimed last week that £21 billion is lost to alcohol abuse each year - a figure derived from a Cabinet Office report from 2003 and updated in … Read
Today's Mail and Sun reported that a staggering one in five British people are functionally illiterate, based on findings from the charity the World Literacy Foundation. Do they need to read between the lines? Read
