Georgina Lee
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Here are 10 Tory U-turns since the election was called.
FactCheck takes a look at 10 key Tory U-turns since the election was called.
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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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Jeremy Corbyn is wrong. You don’t have to be a member of the EU to be part of the single market.
Jeremy Corbyn said on Sunday that a Labour government would leave the single market because remaining in it is ‘dependent on membership of the EU’. Commentators have been quick to point out that there are four countries in the single market that are not members of the EU. But is there more going on here…
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Nigel Farage said the UK won’t owe the EU anything after 2020. His argument doesn’t quite stack up.
Nigel Farage said we won’t owe money to the EU after 2020. That’s not quite the full picture. FactCheck explains why.
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Crime went up by 10% this year – the biggest annual increase in a decade. What’s behind the rise?
Is austerity behind the rise in reported crime? FactCheck investigates.
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School budgets will stay low, despite the government’s pledge to inject £1.3 billion into education
An extra £1.3 billion for schools will spare them the cuts they were due in the next two years. But spending per pupil will remain at the same low level for the next two years.
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No, the Queen’s pay rise didn’t come from the magic money tree
The Queen got a £6 million pay rise this week, but it’s not the fruit of the magic money tree.
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Here’s where the DUP and the Tories might disagree
Gay marriage, abortion and climate change. A few policies where the two partners might not have as much in common as they’d like to think.
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EU migration in five charts
What do we know about EU migrants living in the UK?
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Four ways Brexit has already made you worse off
The cost of holidays and your weekly shop have gone up. But is it all doom and gloom? FactCheck investigates.
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Could today’s Queen’s Speech bring down Theresa May?
This is Theresa May’s first Queen’s Speech as Prime Minister. Reports say that senior Tories expect it to be her last. But could the Speech itself bring Mrs May down? FactCheck investigates.
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Brexit negotiations start today. What’s going on?
361 days ago, Britain went to the ballot box to decide whether we should be the first member state to leave the European Union. 52 per cent of those that turned up chose to leave. Today is the first official day of divorce proceedings, after 44 years of rocky marriage. And like any break-up, it’ll…
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Tories have twice blocked Labour legislation to make rented homes – including council houses – safer.
We’ve updated this article since it was originally published on 16 June 2017. We’re grateful for input from Giles Peaker, who is a solicitor specialising in housing law. Housing safety standards have come into sharp focus since last week’s devastating fire in west London that left at least 79 people dead or presumed dead, and…
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It’ll be tough for Corbyn to become Prime Minister without another election
Jeremy Corbyn says Labour is poised to take office imminently. But could he make it to Number 10 without another election? FactCheck investigates.
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Could rain on Thursday dampen Labour’s chances of election victory?
It’s a cliché that rain on polling day is bad for left-wing parties. But does the evidence stack up? FactCheck investigates.