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It’s not clear we can lay the credit or blame for the latest inflation figures at the government’s door.

Climate scientists agree that there are likely to be more episodes of extreme rainfall in the future thanks to changes in global temperature.

Social media is full of claims that mainstream outlets have decided not to cover the protests.

There is an ancient principle in English common law that criminals are sentenced in line with the laws or guidelines in force at the time they did the crime.

We asked FactCheck readers what they wanted to know about Brexit day.

Get ready to relive it all…

A newly-identified virus has infected more than 2,800 people worldwide and killed at least 81 people in China.

The government’s stated ambition is to stay in, so long as it remains ‘in our interests to do so’.

The claim’s been shared thousands of times on social media – but it’s wrong.

The results are in and Boris Johnson has returned to Downing Street with a comfortable Conservative majority.

The Conservatives got 43.6 per cent of all votes cast – but 56 per cent of all the seats in the House of Commons.

The Office for National Statistics says there has been “no change in the level of violence in recent years”.

The Conservative manifesto pledges extra cash for schools, more police officers and a boost in defence spending. FactCheck takes a look.

FactCheck thinks that almost every figure Labour have used is questionable.

The data he refers to reveals that since the Conservatives took office in 2010, statutory homelessness has risen by 36 per cent.