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Parliament has published its register of MPs’ financial interests for the first time since the election. An analysis by FactCheck shows that 123 MPs earn extra money by renting out homes and private property. Landlord MPs account for almost a fifth of all MPs. Their properties include houses, flats, farms, holiday cottages and shops. The MPs include chancellor…

Nigel Farage said we won’t owe money to the EU after 2020. That’s not quite the full picture. FactCheck explains why.

HS2 has come under repeated criticism for bad planning and wasting money. Even the Department for Transport’s own former Chief Scientific Adviser, Professor Roderick Smith has called for a “root-and-branch review” of the whole project. So what’s really going on? And how does the project compare to other high speed trains across the world?

Is austerity behind the rise in reported crime? FactCheck investigates.

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.

Recycling has become a way of life in the UK. But recycling causes carbon emissions in itself – from the fuel used by collection lorries, to the energy taken to process the rubbish. So is it all worth it? FactCheck investigates.

Behind the scenes of a general election, an army of supporters prop up the campaigns with millions of pounds. The biggest political donors include wealthy business leaders, powerful organisations and members of the nobility. But who are they, exactly? And how much of a stranglehold do they really have over politics?

The European parliament’s Brexit coordinator, Guy Verhofstadt, has criticised the UK’s proposals for EU citizens. But the government has rebuffed his criticism, claiming Verhofstadt made “a number of inaccuracies”. FactCheck looked into the detail of what is being offered.

According to NHS Digital, there were a total of 285,893 nurses and health visitors working across the whole of the NHS in March this year, compared to 280,950 in May 2010.

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?

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.

The Queen got a £6 million pay rise this week, but it’s not the fruit of the magic money tree.

A damning new report has criticised politicians’ efforts to improve social mobility. Here are ten key graphs that paint a picture of the problem.

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.

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.