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Election endings, tennis and meeting men in finance

The UK's money troubles, NHS managers and a 54% chance of winning a point in tennis.

28 mins
03 Jul 2024

Election claims and erection claims

What did Liz Truss do to mortgage rates? Do erections use a litre of blood?

28 mins
26 Jun 2024

Worse mortgages, better readers, and potholes on the moon

We check some of the numbers that are flying about in the election campaign.

28 mins
19 Jun 2024

Leaflets, taxes, oil workers and classrooms

We look at bad graphs, oil rig extrapolations and pupil populations.

28 mins
12 Jun 2024

Debate, Reform, tax evasion and ants

Fact-checking the leaders' debate, tax evasion savings and the weight of ants.

28 mins
05 Jun 2024

UK growth, prisons and Swiftonomics

Is the UK economy growing faster than Germany, France and the US?

28 mins
29 May 2024

MP misconduct, NHS waiting lists and gold (gold)

Will it take 685 years to clear the NHS waiting list? Are 10% of MPs under investigation?

28 mins
22 May 2024

School spending, excess deaths and billions of animals at Heathrow

Is school funding at record levels? Did 6.5bn creatures come to the UK by plane last year?

28 mins
28 Feb 2024

Per capita GDP, MP claims and the entire EU budget

What does per capita GDP tell us? How much did the EU spend on Covid recovery?

28 mins
21 Feb 2024

Debt, students, shark and chips

What is the government’s rule on debt? Do 90% of chip shops sell shark and chips?

28 mins
14 Feb 2024

Council tax weirdness: Hartlepool vs Westminster

Council tax comparisons, migration calculations and the carbon footprint of home-grown veg

28 mins
07 Feb 2024

Measles, Traitors and the cost of Brexit

Is measles spreading? How much is Brexit costing? How good are they at traitor guessing?

28 mins
31 Jan 2024

Shopping, shipping and wind chill-ing

We investigate the cost of a weekly shop and explore the workings of wind chill.

28 mins
24 Jan 2024

Life expectancy, inheritance tax and the NHS vs winter

How long will we live? Who pays inheritance tax? How did the NHS perform this winter?

28 mins
17 Jan 2024

Deaths, taxes and missing cats

We investigate claims about gun crime, the UK tax burden, and the number of missing cats.

28 mins
10 Jan 2024

Vaccine claims, Alzheimer's treatment and Tim's Parkrun times

We debunk claims about excess deaths and the vaccine made by YouTuber John Campbell.

28 mins
04 Oct 2023

NHS consultant pay, net zero claims and Scotland's ferry woes

Are consultants in England really paid an average of £120,000 a year?

28 mins
27 Sep 2023

Social housing, NHS workforce and Liz Truss debt claims

Have the Tories really built a record number of social rent homes since 2010?

28 mins
20 Sep 2023

Skin cancer, London rents and your great-great-great-granddaughter

Is it true that 1 in 4 men and 1 in 5 women in the UK will get skin cancer?

28 mins
13 Sep 2023

Covid deaths, North Sea gas and Chloe Kelly's World Cup penalty

Covid-related deaths are rising in England and Wales, we investigate the figures.

28 mins
06 Sep 2023