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FactCheck: Have universities become ‘bloated’ under higher tuition fees?
The average UK vice chancellor gets paid six times as much as a lecturer. And there’s no evidence that senior pay is linked to university performance.
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Is Brexit really going to cost £2 billion a week?
There’s a new Brexit battle bus in town, funded by a group who want to “tell the truth about the costs of leaving the EU.” FactCheck takes a look.
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The government is fighting ISIS online – but could it censor journalists?
The government has developed new technology which can “automatically detect terrorist content” online.
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Online abuse: do we need new laws?
There have been calls for new laws to tackle online abuse. But legislation already rules against everything from threats to harassment and grossly offensive messages. So is the problem in policing, rather than the law?
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Does Labour’s plan to give 8,000 houses to the homeless actually work?
Jeremy Corbyn said a Labour government would “immediately purchase 8,000 properties across the country” to house homeless people. The policy has been effective in other countries, but Labour’s numbers are less convincing.
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What would it take to trigger a Conservative leadership election?
Could Theresa May be on her way out of Number 10? FactCheck takes a look at what could happen next.
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FactCheck: what is Labour’s policy on Brexit?
It can be hard to keep up with what Labour frontbenchers are saying about Brexit. FactCheck takes a look.
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Is a UK-France bridge possible?
The foreign secretary, Boris Johnson, has hinted at the prospect of building a road bridge between the UK and France. FactCheck asks whether such a project would be feasible – and what challenges engineers would be up against.
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No statistics for Chris Grayling’s claim over rail unions
The Transport Secretary said that unions “caused the vast majority of disruption” on the Southern rail network. But the report he based this on used personal judgement, not statistics.
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FactCheck: Dominic Raab’s claims about the NHS
Does the NHS really have more beds, more doctors and more flu vaccines available than ever before? FactCheck takes a look.
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Miriam O’Reilly: ‘John Humphrys should be taken off air during gender pay discussions’
Channel 4 News has learned that the Today team knew about the leaked tape for several days, but didn’t consider taking John Humphrys off air because they deemed it a private conversation. One person who actually heard the recording is the former Countryfile presenter Miriam O’Reilly, who won an ageism claim against the BBC at…
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John Humphrys criticised over pay gap remarks
BBC managers are said to be “deeply unimpressed” over a recording of the Radio 4 Today show host John Humphrys joking about the gender pay gap. A leaked transcript of an off-air conversation between the presenter and BBC correspondent Jon Sopel appears to show Mr Humphrys making light of former China editor Carrie Gracie’s resignation…
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FactCheck: Why experts are split over Trump’s mental health
There are deep divisions among mental health professionals regarding questions about Donald Trump’s mental health. FactCheck looks into the details.
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Schools collect millions in donations as state funds stagnate
Schools in England could be raising around £150m a year from voluntary donations, research by Channel 4 News suggests. With tight budgets, some headteachers told us they are increasingly reliant on donations to plug the gaps. In November, a primary school in Theresa May’s constituency wrote to parents asking for donations to help pay for items…
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Don’t bother reading today’s Brexit papers. These six reports will tell you more
Despite the to-ing and fro-ing, there’s not much of interest in today’s Brexit papers. Here’s what you should read instead.
