‘Unsafe’ hospitals: a health warning on today’s reports This morning it emerged that four out of five English hospitals inspected by the Care Quality Commission had been given an ‘inadequate’ or ‘requires improvement’ judgement on their safety levels since… 17 Oct 2014 • 4:34 pm • Share Twitter Facebook Mail
NHS pay has fallen behind inflation since 2010 Thousands of NHS staff, including nurses, midwives and ambulance staff went on strike today in a dispute over pay. The latest figures show that the average pay for NHS staff… 13 Oct 2014 • 5:00 pm • Share Twitter Facebook Mail
Statistics watchdog criticises Home Office over passport “backlog” evidence The UK Statistics Authority has criticised the Home Office for failing to publish evidence behind claims made by its Ministers in relation to the row over this summer’s passport “backlog”. “On high profile issues,… 10 Oct 2014 • 2:39 pm • Share Twitter Facebook Mail
Live factchecking Nick Clegg’s conference speech: Tweets by @FullFact > 8 Oct 2014 • 12:12 pm • Share Twitter Facebook Mail
Cutting the deficit is not the same as paying down the debt Following David Cameron’s speech to the Conservative party conference, the Labour party has accused the Prime Minister of making a “misleading reference to the Government’s record on the national debt”, and has… 3 Oct 2014 • 2:48 pm • Share Twitter Facebook Mail
PM’s speech: follow our live factchecking Tweets by @FullFact 1 Oct 2014 • 12:30 am • Share Twitter Facebook Mail
71% of 16- and 17-year-olds voted ‘yes’—based on 14 responses Various media sources and Twitter users have today reported on the results of a poll by Lord Ashcroft, which showed that 71% of 16- and 17-year-old respondents said they voted Yes to independence. However, this figure… 19 Sep 2014 • 3:55 pm • Share Twitter Facebook Mail
Ask Full Fact: Who is paying for the Scottish referendum? Via email: “The Scottish referendum has costs – who’s paying?” Holding the independence referendum is a current Scottish government policy (with the power to do so temporarily granted to it… 17 Sep 2014 • 5:20 pm • Share Twitter Facebook Mail
UK party leaders pledge new powers for Scotland if it votes No. But what could they be? David Cameron, Ed Miliband and Nick Clegg have signed a joint declaration — carried on the front page of today’s Daily Record — guaranteeing “extensive” new powers to the Scottish government in the event… 16 Sep 2014 • 4:23 pm • Share Twitter Facebook Mail
Referendum Live Q and A 12.50: That wraps it up for Full Fact’s first ever live Q&A. Thanks for all your questions and apologies if we didn’t have time to answer yours. And just to let… 15 Sep 2014 • 11:10 am • Share Twitter Facebook Mail
Factcheck: The minimum wage has not been going up in real terms Economy 15 Oct 2014 • 7:30 pm • Share Twitter Facebook Mail
E-cigarettes: the evidence on benefits and risks Health 14 Oct 2014 • 2:50 pm • Share Twitter Facebook Mail
6 key factchecks from Nick Clegg’s Liberal Democrats conference speech News 8 Oct 2014 • 6:02 pm • Share Twitter Facebook Mail
E-cigarettes: the evidence on benefits and risks Factcheck: The minimum wage has not been going up in real terms NHS pay has fallen behind inflation since 2010 Is our EU membership fee £55 million? Does smoking cost as much as it makes for the Treasury?
Factcheck: are 500 GP practices at risk of closure? Health 6 Oct 2014 • 6:38 pm • Share Twitter Facebook Mail
Factcheck: does increasing skirt size increase breast cancer risk? Health 3 Oct 2014 • 6:00 pm • Share Twitter Facebook Mail
5 key factchecks from David Cameron’s Conservative party conference speech News 1 Oct 2014 • 5:06 pm • Share Twitter Facebook Mail
Factchecking Ed Miliband’s Conference speech News 26 Sep 2014 • 7:01 pm • Share Twitter Facebook Mail
7 key factchecks from Nigel Farage’s UKIP conference speech News 26 Sep 2014 • 6:29 pm • Share Twitter Facebook Mail
Tracing the claim: Do 48% of Labour members live in London? News 25 Sep 2014 • 6:32 pm • Share Twitter Facebook Mail
Department for Education cautions over own free school performance claims Education 24 Sep 2014 • 3:16 pm • Share Twitter Facebook Mail