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UK disability rights criticised by UN inquiry
A United Nations inquiry has accused the government of failing to uphold the rights of disabled people in a whole range of areas, from health and housing to work and education.
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Which universities have the highest first year dropout rates?
Across the country, half a million people are preparing to start their undergraduate degrees. On average, one in 10 UK undergraduates will drop out of university before their second year of study. But in some institutions, that figure is as high as one in four. FactCheck looks at which universities – and which subjects –…
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FactCheck Q&A: Are A-levels what they used to be?
Thousands of students have just received their A-level results and discovered whether they are off to university. But with so many students getting good grades and going to university, is the whole experience worth the same as it once was? FactCheck looked into the details.
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Will you get a job after university? Seven things we know about graduate employment
What are UK graduates up to three years after they finish they degrees?
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The number of people on zero hours contracts has quadrupled since records began
Unemployment is at its lowest level since 1975, the number of “zero hours contracts” is at a record-high at over 900,000. FactCheck looks at the figures.
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Jeremy Hunt’s misleading mental health claims
The government has announced a £1.3bn plan to expand the mental health workforce with a “challenging” recruitment drive. The aim is to help the NHS care for an additional one million patients by 2020-21, according to the health secretary, Jeremy Hunt. We put his claims to the FactCheck test.
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FactCheck: how students have been misled and lied to for 20 years
It’s been 20 years since Tony Blair first introduced tuition fees. Since then, students have been lied to, misled and betrayed by politicians and political parties. FactCheck uncovers the long history of broken promises and political U-turns.
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No, Corbyn did not ‘pledge to abolish student debt’
Jeremy Corbyn has been accused of U-turning on a pledge to scrap student debt. It follows a comment made during the election campaign, saying he would “deal with it”. But the context is important.
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Labour corrected themselves on childcare costs. But even the correction is wrong.
Labour say childcare costs are up 50 per cent since 2010. But they’re not comparing like-for-like data.
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The battle to save Kensington and Chelsea college near Grenfell
One of the consequences of this horrific fire has been to expose what residents say is the huge gulf between the people who live in this part of the borough and the people who run it. An accusation which gained added weight when the new leader of the council admitted she had never been in…
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FactCheck Q&A: Could there be a nuclear Armageddon?
With North Korea claiming that it is now a ‘full-fledged nuclear power’, FactCheck assess the possibility of nuclear war. How many warheads exist around the world, and what would be the impact if they were used?
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FactCheck: is there a ‘skills gap’?
The Open University says a skills shortage is forcing employers to inflate wages “above market rate”. The claim has been repeated in the media, but FactCheck has a few concerns about the research.
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Mark Weisbrot: Venezuela had ‘decade of economic progress’ under Chavez
Mark Weisbrot, an economist who co-wrote Oliver Stone’s documentary ‘South of the Border’, which explored political movements across south America, says millions of Venezuelans received healthcare and education for the first time under Hugo Chavez. Venezuela enjoyed a decade of economic progress under Hugo Chavez.
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Britain’s social mobility crisis in ten graphs
A damning new report has criticised politicians’ efforts to improve social mobility. Here are ten key graphs that paint a picture of the problem.
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FactCheck Q&A: Are the Tories using a ‘magic money tree’ to keep them in power?
Theresa May has been accused of bribing the DUP with a ‘magic money tree’, in a £1bn deal designed to keep the Tories in government. FactCheck took a look at the details.