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What happened to Brexit in Parliament yesterday?
Mrs May was forced into some embarrassing climb-downs that could come back to haunt her.
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Have government ministers misled parliament over Heathrow?
The transport minister told Parliament that there was no special deal for the company building the third runway. But FactCheck has seen documents that throw his comments into a new light.
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The government won’t tell us if they’ve given Heathrow a special deal
Has the government offered Heathrow a sweetheart deal that rival airports didn’t get? The government won’t let us see the documents we need to say either way.
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Beware scary headlines about volcanoes
The Pacific region has seen two high-profile eruptions in recent weeks – but be wary of dramatic headlines about possible catastrophe.
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Oxford was more likely to offer a place to the best black candidates last year – but its race problem is more complicated than that
A black applicant to Oxford has a better chance of getting an offer than the average student applying for the same course with the same predicted grades.
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How much would a plane for Boris Johnson cost?
We can’t see how Boris Johnson could get his own plane as Foreign Secretary without greatly increasing the amount the taxpayer spends on his international travel.
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Is Iran really ‘the world’s leading state sponsor of terror’?
President Trump has claimed that Iran is the world’s “leading state sponsor of terror”. But is that fair? Before he became president, Trump said the “world’s biggest funder of terrorism” was Saudi Arabia – not Iran. So is his latest claim is just political rhetoric?
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21,000 Windrushers from the Commonwealth didn’t have passports in 2011
New figures, requested by FactCheck, shed light on the number of people who were potentially at risk of being deported in the Windrush Scandal.
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Beware cherry-picked stats on Labour and antisemitism
Data from the “Antisemitism Barometer” suggests Labour supporters are less antisemitic than other parties’ supporters. But the same study also found that 83 per cent of British Jews think the Labour is too soft on antisemitism.
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Who destroyed the Windrush landing cards?
Both Labour and the Conservatives have blamed each other for destroying “landing cards” from the Windrush generation. But who’s really responsible? And would they have made made a difference to someone threatened with deportation?
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How Twitter users were wrongly labelled as Russian bots after a government briefing
Media reports claimed a “government analysis” had linked specific Twitter accounts to the Kremlin – and highlighted two “bot” accounts in particular. But people who run these accounts have both denied it, and even appeared on camera to prove they are real people. So what’s caused the confusion?
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Syria chemical attack: the evidence
President Assad’s government has been accused of launching a chemical weapons attack on the Syrian town of Douma. But Russia claims the attack was faked by Britain and anti-Assad rebels. FactCheck examines the evidence.
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Would Labour’s War Powers Act work?
Jeremy Corbyn is calling for a War Powers Act to require the government to get parliamentary approval before military interventions. But would it actually achieve the accountability Labour want?
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Is London really deadlier than New York?
For the first time in modern history, London’s murder rate is higher than New York’s. At least that’s what was reported last week. But FactCheck has received new figures from the New York Police Department that suggest otherwise. What did the early reports show? The original reports were based on figures seen by the Sunday…
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The government’s rules for reporting gender pay gaps are toothless. Here’s why.
By midnight tonight, every employer with more than 250 staff will have published information on how much men and women in their organisations get paid. Or at least, that’s what the law requires. The firms that have published data so far reveal that 78 per cent pay men more than women, while 13 per cent…