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Are immigrants to blame for the A&E crisis?
A Conservative MP has suggested that mass immigration from eastern Europe has helped pile the pressure on accident and emergency wards. FactCheck sharpens its scalpel.
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Fracking fact and fiction
Flaming tap water and earthquakes, or the saviour of the UK economy? FactCheck drills down into the row over shale gas.
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Are food banks plugging the benefits gap?
Charities say poor people are flocking to food banks because of weaknesses in the welfare state. Is that fair?
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Whitehall’s revolving doors – FactCheck Q&A
Dave Hartnett used to be top taxman but is now to work with Deloitte. Who does he follow? FactCheck gets behind the revolving doors of Whitehall.
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The terror plots that failed
MI5 are “not in the dock” over the Woolwich killing – but should they be? FactCheck looks at the UK’s track record on foiling terror plots before they happen.
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FactCheck Q&A: everything you need to know about drones
Barack Obama says he’s rewriting the rules on drone strikes. Are pilotless planes a vital weapon in the war on terror, or is the cost in civilian lives too high?
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Tough on tax, but is it all talk? FactCheck
The government’s promising it’s cracking down on tax avoiders. Are their claims avoidance or evasion? FactCheck finds out.
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The cost of heterosexual civil partnerships
Extending the right to a civil partnership could to straight couples could cost the state up to £4bn, according to countless headlines. FactCheck isn’t convinced.
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Hunt for the truth on the A&E ‘crisis’
Can accident and emergency departments really be hitting their targets if the system is in danger of meltdown? FactCheck finds out.
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FactCheck Q&A: police killers and life time sentences
After the home secretary announces plans to ensure people convicted of killing police officers get life for life, FactCheck digs in to the announcement.
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Why did Huhne and Pryce get out early?
It was widely reported today that Chris Huhne and Vicky Pryce had been given time off “for good behaviour”. But there is no such thing, as FactCheck finds out…
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IDS finally rapped by statistics watchdog
The chairman of the UK Statistics Authority backs our Fiction verdict on Iain Duncan Smith’s benefit cap claims.
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Is Nigel Lawson right about quitting the EU?
A big intervention from one of the former heavyweights of the Thatcher era. But is Nigel Lawson right that EU membership is a burden for UK businesses?
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Can Scotland avoid paying UK debt?
It’s a simple threat from the SNP: if an independent Scotland can’t keep the UK’s currency, it doesn’t have to take on the country’s debts. But is there any legal basis for this?
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Should we make the school day longer?
Longer school days and shorter holidays could improve our academic performance, thinks Michael Gove. Top marks for the education secretary?