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Leading Brexiters have been accused of exaggerating the popularity of a no-deal Brexit among voters. In recent TV interviews, John Redwood and Andrew Bridgen both said “most of the public” now want to leave the EU with no withdrawal agreement in place. Jacob Rees-Mogg has also tweeted this graphic, which draws on two recent opinion…

Frontbenchers from both parties have appeared to contradict their own colleagues on the question of a “confirmatory vote”.

The Labour leader claimed child poverty has risen by half a million since 2010. But it’s only half the story.

Life expectancy in England is not growing at the rate that experts predicted before 2011. What’s going on?

People can sign from all over the world, and there doesn’t appear to be a way of definitively checking their nationality or residency.

Under EU law, a new member state is required to join the euro – but there is no compulsory timetable.

Martina Navratilova has been accused of being “transphobic” after saying that some transgender women should not be allowed to compete against other women in sport. The tennis star has criticised International Olympic Committee (IOC) guidelines, which say transgender athletes can compete as women if they reduce their testosterone levels. Trans activists have accused her of…

It’s not true that all EU member states will have to join the euro after 2020.

Theresa May’s Stronger Towns Fund represents a tenth of what councils lost from central government under austerity.

MPs have been awarded another pay rise today, causing outrage among some commentators. It’s been widely reported that the politicians will get an increase of 2.7 per cent from April, while the staff who work for them will get a rise of only 1.5 per cent. This sounds unfair and ungenerous – but it’s not…

Mrs May is no stranger to dramatic shifts in policy – FactCheck takes a look at the most significant.

Nearly every police forces has investigated, or is investigating, a “grooming gang”, new FactCheck analysis can reveal.

Home ownership rates have increased in recent years, but are still well below where they were 20 years ago.

Labour have been fighting off claims that they are losing huge numbers of members. The last time the party published official membership figures, for December 2017, they said they had a massive 564,000 members. But is that number trustworthy?