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Has the taxpayer really made a profit from selling Lloyds?
The government sold its remaining shares in Lloyds today, with the bank declaring that the sale returned “more than £21.2 billion to the British taxpayer, repaying £894 million more than the original investment”.
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The Labour manifesto
How can you increase borrowing but promise to lower the national debt at the same time?
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FactCheck Q&A: the school funding crisis
The core school budget may be protected, but student numbers and costs are rising. In real terms, that means schools are facing the biggest funding cuts since the 1990s.
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FactCheck Q&A: does Macron’s victory mark the death of right-wing populism?
Macron’s French presidency win has been hailed as a victory against the “populist revolution”. FactCheck takes a closer look.
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What do the local election results mean?
The local elections in England have actually gone a lot worse for Labour than Rallings and Thrasher predicted.
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Is Theresa May misleading voters over the NHS?
The prime minister dismissed concerns about nurses being pushed into poverty. But her statistics don’t take the rising cost of living into account.
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Is the burqa really a terror threat?
UKIP leader Paul Nuttall says the veil should be banned, partly because of the ‘age of heightened terror’. But none of the surrounding evidence or expert opinion points towards it posing any significant security concerns.
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What’s Tim Farron’s track record on LGBT rights?
The Lib Dem leader wants to be judged on his ‘track record’ of LGBT campaigning, not his religious beliefs. FactCheck took a look at his voting history.
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No, this viral survey doesn’t suggest Corbyn is on track for victory
An online poll by ITV’s This Morning show has been circulating on social media, showing a massive lead for Jeremy Corbyn. It puts the Labour leader on a staggering 68%, with Theresa May trailing behind at just 19%. It’s been retweeted hundreds of times, with Corbyn supporters saying it shows that Britain is ‘waking up’ and…
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FactCheck Q&A: could tactical voting lead to a progressive majority?
Gina Miller, the pro-EU campaigner, has launched the “biggest tactical voting drive ever,” raising nearly £300,000 to support parliamentary candidates from different parties who want to stop “Extreme Brexit”. But could tactical voting really make a difference to the election on 8 June? Is there any chance we could end up with a “progressive alliance” of…
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No, Muslims in London didn’t celebrate the Paris attack
The men are cricket fans celebrating Pakistan’s victory over Sri Lanka in a 20/20 match in 2009.
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FactCheck Q&A: the snap election
If we run polling numbers through the Electoral Calculus prediction model, things don’t look good for Labour.
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Assad’s implausible claims about chemical weapons
President Assad contradicted previous statements on Khan Sheikhun made by his allies in Moscow and members of his own government.
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Corbyn isn’t telling the whole story on life expectancy
“Mortality will continue to improve and individuals will continue to live longer.”
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Your Article 50 questions answered
The EU treaties and the laws that flow from them will no longer apply to Britain two years from now.