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Earlier this week Labour MP Diane Abbott wrote a column in the Guardian claiming that 44 per cent of young black people were unemployed. She went on to claim the recession was hitting ethnic minorities disproportionately hard. Full Fact explains the data. Read
Several news organisations reported yesterday that one in three teenage girls have suffered some form of sexual violence. The figure emerged as a new campaign raising awareness of sex abuse among teenagers was launched, but is it accurate? Read
As Budget day approaches, lobby group FairFuelUK are planning to ratchet up support for a reduction in fuel duty, claiming that a cut will create 180,000 jobs. But is there enough solid evidence to support their claim? Read
In a speech to the Scottish Labour Party Conference, Labour leader Ed Miliband spoke of the strains of unemployment in the region, claiming that one out of three jobs lost in the UK was lost in Scotland. Was he right, and what's the bigger picture? Read
The Daily Mail reported this morning that NHS staff have claimed a total of nearly £20 million in "taxpayer-funded compensation" for injuries, and that the number of staff claiming compensation had increased by a third in five years. Full Fact investigated whether these figures were accurate. Read
The Sun this week launched a campaign to "Beat the Cheat" after reporting that the level of benefit fraud had cost taxpayers "a record £1.2 billion last year." According to … Read
The Daily Star and the Daily Express both reported that 80 per cent of households are currently living in "transport poverty" according to the RAC Foundation, but where do these figures come from, and are they accurate? Read
Last week several newspapers contributed to a swathe of reporting around foreign-born parents. According to some reports, one in four babies born in the UK has a parent born outside the UK. Full Fact looked into the figures. Read
The Sunday Times has published an apology to Flight Lieutenant Owen Morris on its website, and displayed a prominent link to the correction on every article on its website. The … Read
MP for Tottenham David Lammy yesterday clashed with the Secretary of State for Education, Michael Gove, on the allocation of the Pupil Premium. Mr Lammy claimed that more deprived areas were losing out to those less deprived. Mr Gove disagreed. Who's right? Read
