We do fact checks and explain news about UK politics, helping you understand key issues and claims.
Funding from local authorities in England (excluding London) is down 43%, and this excludes money from central government which has not seen such large falls. Read
Depending on how you count it the figure could be anywhere between 7% and 26% of spending by the Department of Health and Social Care and NHS England. Read
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Last night in the ITV leaders interviews Nigel Farage talked about trade barriers the EU raises against African countries. We’ve fact checked claims like this before and while Mr Farage … Read
Nigel Farage talked about the EU putting up trade barriers on African countries. The majority of African countries have no tariffs on exports to the EU, although a handful do face some tariffs. Read
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We've looked into the claims made by Lib Dem leader Jo Swinson about nursing and Brexit from last night. Generally, she was right in her claims; the NHS employs tens … Read
It is true that tens of thousands of NHS staff are from other EU countries, and that other EU nursing numbers have noticeably dropped. Read
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From last night's leaders interviews on ITV, we've looked into the claim from Nicola Sturgeon that Scotland wouldn’t be forced to join the euro if it became an independent country … Read
The EU requires most member states to commit to adopting the euro at some point, but in practice it’s unclear whether member states would or could be forced to do so. Read
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Here's a clip of Will Moy, our Chief Executive, on the Today programme this morning. He'll be appearing across TV and radio throughout the day. "They could have forcibly re-named … Read
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Yesterday saw the first point during the election campaign when the leaders of the two main parties went head-to-head, in a debate on ITV. As the debate got underway, the … Read
