Factchecking became politicised during UK election campaign. But what does it really add to public awareness?
Academic rigour, journalistic flair
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A California judge ruled coffee should carry a cancer warning label but the evidence says something very different.
The government is planning to take part in military action in Syria. But does it need MPs to consent beforehand?
Theresa May claims there are more beds available across the NHS than there used to be.
The government claims figures showing the south gets more than the north are misleading.
Two tourism experts assess the evidence on whether visitors are drawn to the UK by the monarchy.
Ceredigion County Council in Wales claims it had no choice. What do the experts say?
Two experts check Lord Winston's claim.
We asked two academics to check the claim, made by a former top official at the Home Office.
Liberal Democrat leader Vince Cable claims there is no evidence that immigration impacts wages. Is he right?
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn insists the two are inextricably linked. He's wrong.
We asked two constitutional law experts to explain what would happen if Edinburgh and Cardiff refuse to give legislative consent to a bill.
Two experts assess the prime minister's claim and what the evidence says about the impact of a ban.
Heating oil creates chemicals that are said to be harmful. Here's how olive oil performs.
We asked two experts to examine what the buildling regulations say.
Politicians in Europe, the US and the UK have blamed steel industry woes on artificially cheap imports.
We asked two academics to check the claim made by UKIP leader Paul Nuttall.
We asked two experts to check a claim in the UKIP manifesto.
Theresa May says they have. But let's take a closer look.
The figures don't really add up.
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Senior Lecturer in Economics, University of Sheffield
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Professor, Department of Health Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science
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Research Fellow, Centre for Health Economics, University of York
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Professor of International Migration and Forced Displacement and Deputy Director of the Institute for Research into Superdiversity, University of Birmingham
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Professor of European Economics and Policy, Nottingham Trent University
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Senior Lecturer in Economics, University of Sussex
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Assistant Professor, Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations, Coventry University
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Senior Lecturer, Department of Politics, University of Liverpool
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Professor of Employment Relations and Director of the Work, Organisation and Employment Relations Research Centre (WOERRC), University of Sheffield
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Professor in Economics, City, University of London
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Lecturer in Politics and International Studies, University of Birmingham
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Professor of Applied Economics, Birkbeck, University of London
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Professor in the School of Economics, University of Surrey
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Professor in the Department of Economics, UCL
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Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Canterbury
