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An improving housing market has seen average asking prices hit a ten month high, according to the Daily Express. Unfortunately for property owners, this isn't quite what the figures said. Read
It has been widely reported for a number of months that there is a £38 billion 'black hole' in the defence budget. When the number was dismissed as "ludicrous" last week, Full Fact took a closer look... Read
The Daily Mail has claimed that NHS chief executives have seen their pay increase by 50 per cent over the past five years. Is this really what the figures show? Read
Daily Mail columnist Richard Littlejohn yesterday attacked wasteful local councils for hiring staff to fill "non-jobs". But did Haringey Council really employ a hopscotch teacher for Asian women? Read
Several papers reports the shocking statistic that men on one Merthyr Tydfil estate could on average expect less years of life than people in Haiti. Upon scrutiny this is not a claim that will enjoy a long, healthy life. Read
Several newspapers report the most recent statistics from DWP assessing the capability of Incapacity Benefit claimants for work. However their definition of 'fit to work' might not be shared by all of their readers. Read
In his first speech as Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary Liam Byrne offered some numbers in defence of the last Government's effort helping people off welfare. But did all his figures check out? Read
Criticising plans to limit the number of overseas students on sub-degree courses, the paper erroneously claimed that half of these people go on to university. After Full Fact took a look, the paper will be changing the article. Read
In the third article looking at the Express' EU supplement called 'Get Britain out of the EU' we investigate the different approaches that Express contributors have used to cost EU membership. Read
With "deficit denial" still a term on many lips in Westminster, new Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls boldly declared to Andrew Marr yesterday that his Government was not responsible for a structural deficit before the recession hit. Can this be so? Read
