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ITV News commissioned Full Fact to audit their analysis of the Operation Motorman records, which was broadcast today. Our brief was to ensure that they had reached accurate but conservative … Read
Assisted suicide was on the agenda in Parliament yesterday as MPs debated a motion welcoming the Director of Public Prosecutions' Policy on Assisted Suicide, published in February 2010. MPs used … Read
Macmillan Cancer Support believe discrimination against elderly patients has led to Britain having one of the worst cancer survival rates in the Western world. But is Britain as bad at dealing with cancer as their report claims? Read
Until 2 o'clock today visitors to the Liberal Democrats' website were greeted by a 'splash' page which claimed that the annual cap on tax reliefs introduced last week will raise five times as much from the super-rich. Why did they remove the claim, and how close was it to the truth? Read
The Sunday Telegraph this weekend reported that changes to family route visa applications could hit 48,900 people, the "majority" of whom are women from the Indian sub-continent. Is this true? Read
The Government published their Alcohol Strategy today, emphasising the drain of alcohol abuse on society. Central to the argument was the overall cost of alcohol-related harm - a staggering £21 billion a year to the UK. Is this right? Read
At the start of this week Full Fact reported an error in the Economist that echoed a mistake made by Prime Minister David Cameron last month. The article, like Mr … Read
It is now two months, or 60 days, since Full Fact requested the Daily Express correct their front page article referring to rises in the FTSE 100. Full Fact has … Read
Flick through your newspaper of choice on any given day of the week and chances are that you might happen upon a story generated by a survey. Typically, these stories … Read
As the Chancellor announced fresh rises in alcohol duties, the heads of the Campaign for Real Ale and JD Wetherspoon claimed that, while British people only drink 13 per cent of Europe's beer, they pay over 40 per cent of the tax. Is this right? Read
