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EU migration in five charts
What do we know about EU migrants living in the UK?
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Four ways Brexit has already made you worse off
The cost of holidays and your weekly shop have gone up. But is it all doom and gloom? FactCheck investigates.
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Could today’s Queen’s Speech bring down Theresa May?
This is Theresa May’s first Queen’s Speech as Prime Minister. Reports say that senior Tories expect it to be her last. But could the Speech itself bring Mrs May down? FactCheck investigates.
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FactCheck Q&A: how posh is Parliament?
With a new crop of MPs entering the House of Commons, the media has celebrated “the most diverse Parliament yet”. There are now record numbers of women, ethnic minorities and openly LGBT MPs in the Parliament (although there is still under-representation of these groups). But how about other things, like education and occupation? Do our MPs’ social…
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Brexit negotiations start today. What’s going on?
361 days ago, Britain went to the ballot box to decide whether we should be the first member state to leave the European Union. 52 per cent of those that turned up chose to leave. Today is the first official day of divorce proceedings, after 44 years of rocky marriage. And like any break-up, it’ll…
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FactCheck Q&A: how much do we spend on social housing?
Kensington and Chelsea brought in more money from Stamp Duty Land Tax than any other UK local authority in 2015/16.
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Tories have twice blocked Labour legislation to make rented homes – including council houses – safer.
We’ve updated this article since it was originally published on 16 June 2017. We’re grateful for input from Giles Peaker, who is a solicitor specialising in housing law. Housing safety standards have come into sharp focus since last week’s devastating fire in west London that left at least 79 people dead or presumed dead, and…
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It’ll be tough for Corbyn to become Prime Minister without another election
Jeremy Corbyn says Labour is poised to take office imminently. But could he make it to Number 10 without another election? FactCheck investigates.
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The General Election in five graphs
The two biggest parties increased their share of the vote, and smaller parties were generally squeezed out.
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FactCheck Q&A: Is Saudi Arabia funding ISIS?
The Wikileaks files suggest there have been western efforts to “bring pressure” on Saudi Arabia to end its support for ISIS.
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Corbyn wrong on working-class students
Most of the evidence does not support the Labour leader’s claim.
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Could rain on Thursday dampen Labour’s chances of election victory?
It’s a cliché that rain on polling day is bad for left-wing parties. But does the evidence stack up? FactCheck investigates.
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Jeremy Corbyn is right: the Tories have cut 20,000 police officers since 2010
Jeremy Corbyn has accused Theresa May of “protecting the public on the cheap”. We’ve taken a look at how many police officers have been cut under the Tory government since 2010.
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FactCheck Q&A: Should we trust the polls?
The Conservative’s lead over Labour has tumbled in the opinion polls. Experts now believe the election will be much closer than they thought. But there’s a huge amount of variation between these polls. For instance, on 29 May an ICM survey gave the Conservatives a 12 point lead. But two days later, YouGov said the party…
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Climate change in ten graphs
CO2 levels have not been this high for at least three million years.