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With Lord Justice Leveson due to resume his inquiry into press standards on Monday, the New Year has already brought one important change to the way in which these standards … Read
Over the festive period, Full Fact has been reflecting on some of our bigger stories of 2011, arranged below in the style of a popular carol. We look forward to … Read
Towards the end of last year Full Fact found problems with the BBC's reporting of statistics on UK income inequality. A BBC article, along with other news sources, had reported … Read
David Cameron made a bold statement today about Britain's position in the EU as he exercised the right to veto a revision to the Lisbon treaty, causing a deal to … Read
A large number of newspapers and broadcasters ran stories yesterday reporting growing increases in UK and world income inequality. The reports, following the publication of an OECD study entitled 'Divided … Read
Full Fact pushes for transparency from the Leveson Inquiry. Read
Earlier this week, Full Fact raised doubts about a claim from the British Medical Association (BMA) that smoking in a car exposed people to a level of toxins 23 times … Read
London Mayor Boris yesterday caused a stir by calling the head of the UK Statistics Authority a "Labour Stooge".As we said at the time, this slur was both misplaced and … Read
Today at Mayor's Question Time, Boris Johnson was asked by Joanne McCartney MLA:"Given that there has been been misuse of the figures, given that you have been called into question … Read
Both the Daily Mail and The Telegraph returned to controversial territory by querying the amount of evidence that needs to be provided to prove a medical condition of those claiming … Read
