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On Wednesday Full Fact investigated the Shadow Health Secretary's claim that 70 per cent of prisoners have two or more mental health conditions. The claim stemmed from figures compiled by … Read
David Miliband returned to the limelight yesterday, writing an article in the New Statesman, which received a mixed reception in the media. In it he discussed New Labour's record in … Read
Today's Express presented readers with a startling headline: VIAGRA-FUELLED OVER-45S ARE IN THE GRIP OF SEX EPIDEMIC The story emantes from a press release from the Student British Medical Journal … Read
Prime Minister David Cameron has claimed at PMQs that the proportion of police officers on the front line is increasing, citing as many as 6,000 uniformed police officers with back-office roles he inherited from the Labour Government. Full Fact checked his calculations. Read
In a speech to the Centre for Social Justice, the Shadow Health Secretary Andy Burnham claimed that 70 per cent of prisoners have two or more mental health conditions. But is this statistic accurate? Read
While being interviewed about her report into vocational qualifications on the Today Programme, Professor Wolf suggested that there has been a 40-fold increase in vocational qualifications in the last five or six years, but how is this calculated? Read
The Daily Mirror has twice in recent days referred to the £1 billion spent on redundancy payouts to members of the Armed Forces. But are the newspaper's MoD figures accurate? Read
Following Sir Richard Branson's appearance before the Home Affairs Select Committee, Melanie Phillips waded into the debate on BBC's Question Time to lambaste Portugal's record following its own decriminalisation of drugs in 2011. Full Fact examines the debate surrounding the issue. Read
The Justice Secretary Ken Clarke has announced plans to reform the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme so that compensation will only be granted in "exceptional circumstances" to those with a criminal record. But to what extent are those with unspent convictions currently compensated? Read
Ken Livingstone's promise to cut fares by 7 per cent has come under scrutiny in the past few days. TfL has denied that there is a £729 million surplus and claims that a decrease in revenue would hit investment projects. So which party is fighting fair in the Fare Ordeal? Read
