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    UK growth, prisons and Swiftonomics

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

  2. 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?

  3. 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?

  4. 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?

  5. Debt, students, shark and chips

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

  6. Council tax weirdness: Hartlepool vs Westminster

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

  7. Measles, Traitors and the cost of Brexit

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

  8. Shopping, shipping and wind chill-ing

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

  9. 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?

  10. Deaths, taxes and missing cats

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

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

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

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

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

  13. Social housing, NHS workforce and Liz Truss debt claims

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

  14. 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?

  15. 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.

  16. HS2 and electric cars, UK vs China emissions & massive maths errors

    Can you really buy an electric car for everybody in the UK for the cost of HS2?

  17. Immigration: A More or Less Special Programme

    Who is coming to the UK - and how do we count them?

  18. Halving inflation, Scottish tidal power and have 1 in 3 women had an abortion?

    Will Rishi Sunak's pledge to halve inflation happen?

  19. Mortgages, birth rates and does space contribute 18% to UK GDP?

    Who will be most affected by mortgage rate increases?

  20. Electric vehicles, 600 million bottles and does oral sex cause cancer?

    Is the weight of electric vehicles a risk to infrastructure?

  21. Lib Dem ambulance claims, affordable rent and goat meat

    Did 120 people a day in England die last year whilst waiting for an ambulance?

  22. Food prices, net migration and beef about beef

    Does Britain really have the most affordable food in Europe?

  23. NHS waiting lists, voter ID, and measuring divorce

    A fall in those waiting longest for NHS treatment in England isn't telling the whole story

  24. UK v European energy prices, falling excess deaths, and is five grams of cocaine a lot?

    We debunk a claim that the UK has by far the highest energy prices in Europe.

  25. Reoffending rates, Welsh taxes and the menopause

    Tim Harford and team fact check a government claim about falling reoffending rates.

  26. Nurses' pay, ambulance times and forgotten female economists

    We look at how much nurses in the UK are paid compared with those in Europe.

  27. The IMF and the UK economy, NHS staff shortages and British v English

    How much should we trust the IMF鈥檚 forecasts for the UK?

  28. Brexit and trade; pensioner millionaires; and Hannah Fry on loyalty cards and cancer

    We examine a claim that the UK鈥檚 trade with the EU has increased since Brexit.

  29. Coffee with the chancellor, inflation measures, GP numbers and toilet paper

    We fact check Jeremy Hunt鈥檚 pledge to halve inflation.

  30. Ambulance response times, teacher pay and Irish pubs

    How long are people really waiting when they call 999 for an ambulance?

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