We do fact checks and explain news about UK politics, helping you understand key issues and claims.
Economy, Business & Finance
The English budget for children and young people is down 13% in real terms, while spending on youth services specifically has fallen by 73%. Read
The man in the photos has been identified by those familiar with Bobby Sands as Jim Gibney, who now serves as a political aide. Read
Health
While it’s certainly possible the NHS could pay more for drugs after a post-Brexit US trade deal, we can’t say what this would look like until after a draft agreement has been released. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The recommendation to raise the pension age to 75 comes from the Centre for Social Justice think tank. There’s no evidence that it’s Conservative Party policy. Read
He did say there was a possibility that he might not, but that he didn’t expect this to be the case. Read
Our new briefing draws together peer-reviewed academic research to find what makes a fact check well communicated and understood. Read
Europe
The calculation is a fair assessment of the best available forecasts. But those forecasts themselves contain a high degree of uncertainty. Read
A Lib Dem leaflet edited a Guardian headline, which paraphrased the words of Jo Swinson, to make it look like the Guardian said it directly. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Most of the numbers in a viral post about UK and EU workers’ rights are correct, but could benefit from some more context. Read
Health
Just under 97,000 nurses voluntarily resigned from the NHS in England between 2010 and 2018. Overall the number of nurses working in the NHS is higher than in 2010. Read
