We do fact checks and explain news about UK politics, helping you understand key issues and claims.
A commitment to raise teacher salaries to £30,000 by 2022/23 would likely put new teachers in the top quarter of graduate earners in England. Read
Ask us any questions you have about the UK general election, and we'll try and get you the answers you deserve. Read
Statutory homelessness increased by 39% between 2010 and 2017 (more recent data isn’t comparable). Rough sleeping is also up by 165%. Read
A quote about the US having a “right to withdraw all trade, aid and communication” in negotiations about the NHS does not appear in a leaked government document. Read
Around 83% of employee jobs in Scotland receive the real living wage or more, this is higher than any of the UK countries, but it lower than in the South East region of England. Read
Claims about the increasing number of homes under the Conservatives are correct, but the majority of homes are built by the private sector, not the state. Read
In 2009/10 there were 3.4 million households renting from a private landlord and this has risen to 4.5 million in 2017/18. Read
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On our quest to find party political literature passing itself off as newspapers and magazines, our attention has been drawn to this pamphlet from the Conservatives. ‘You & your family’ … Read
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This morning on Sky News, Sajid Javid claimed that homelessness had fallen by half following a 2008 peak under Labour. This does not seem correct. Homelessness in England was about … Read
Despite the disagreement of an audience member on question time, a salary of £80,000 a year puts you in the top 5% of income tax payers. Read
