We do fact checks and explain news about UK politics, helping you understand key issues and claims.
83.6% of patients attending A&E departments in England were admitted, transferred or discharged within four hours. That’s the lowest level on record, going back to 2010. Read
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This morning Conservative MP Andrea Leadsom appeared on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, and among other things discussed her party’s plans for “a proper reform of business rates”. She didn’t … Read
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Labour has announced it wants to scrap certain dentistry charges if it wins the election, which would make it free to get a check-up and get other basic services. These … Read
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On Friday, the Guardian reported Labour Party research which found that “NHS staff are working over a million hours a week of unpaid overtime”. The findings are based on data … Read
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Speaking on the BBC’s Andrew Marr show this morning, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab twice repeated the claim that Labour wants “open door immigration not just from Europe but from the … Read
It’s not credible to put a specific number of the effect of a policy when no one knows exactly what the policy is. Read
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On Tuesday a Scottish government account tweeted that Scotland’s youth unemployment rate “fell by 0.3 percentage points over the year”. This is looking at a dataset which is less reliable … Read
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Last season, for the first time in history, the finals of Europe’s top two club competitions were contested by teams from a single country—England, with the scorers including an Egyptian, … Read
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If you've been paying attention to the news this election, there's a good chance you'll have heard a Labour politician mentioning maggots in orange juice. But what is the truth? … Read
That data shows Scottish youth unemployment has fallen. But official data shows it has increased in Scotland over the last year. Read
