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    Immigration: A More or Less Special Programme

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

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

    Will Rishi Sunak's pledge to halve inflation happen?

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

    Who will be most affected by mortgage rate increases?

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

    Is the weight of electric vehicles a risk to infrastructure?

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

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

  6. Food prices, net migration and beef about beef

    Does Britain really have the most affordable food in Europe?

  7. 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

  8. 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.

  9. Reoffending rates, Welsh taxes and the menopause

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

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

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

  11. 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?

  12. 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.

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

    We fact check Jeremy Hunt鈥檚 pledge to halve inflation.

  14. Ambulance response times, teacher pay and Irish pubs

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

  15. A&E delays and deaths, religious identity in N Ireland and naming the monster numbers

    How many people may be dying because of treatment delays in the NHS?

  16. Teens and antidepressants, stamp duty savings and earthquake probabilities

    We debunk a claim that a third of British teenagers have been prescribed antidepressants.

  17. Mini-budget, TV audience for the Queen鈥檚 funeral and 0.5 on the Richter scale

    Did 4.1 billion people really watch the Queen鈥檚 funeral?

  18. The size of Ukraine鈥檚 offensive, weak pound and how much do women really exercise?

    We ask how much progress Ukraine has really made in recapturing territory from Russia.

  19. Energy crisis plan, imperial measures survey, gardens v national parks

    How much will the UK government鈥檚 plan to limit energy price rises end up costing?

  20. Pakistan flooding, UK power prices and Boris鈥檚 broadband claim

    The scale of the disaster is huge, but is a third of Pakistan really under water?

  21. Energy prices, excess deaths and Wales v England in counting

    Is there an easy way to cut soaring energy bills?

  22. Covid climb, childcare costs and why can't the French count properly?

    How accurately are official figures picking up the new covid wave?

  23. Rail strikes, tyre pollution and sex statistics

    Do rail workers really earn 拢13,000 a year more than nurses?

  24. Maternity litigation, stars, bees and windowless planes

    Are damages for maternity mistakes now more than wages for maternity nurses and doctors?

  25. Employment puzzle, pyramids and triplets

    The UK has a low unemployment rate but lots of people not working 鈥� how come?

  26. Jubilee costs, fuel poverty and imperial measures

    We debunk a claim the government is spending 拢38,000 per household on the jubilee.

  27. Germany鈥檚 excess deaths, Eurovision and teacher shortages

    Did Germany really fare worse than the UK in the pandemic?

  28. Troop and Casualty Numbers in Ukraine

    How reliable are the figures coming out of the conflict in Ukraine?

  29. Vaccinating children, lockdowns, and ebikes

    Jabs for five- to 11-year-olds, lockdown effectiveness, and being green on two wheels.

  30. Questioning claims about Covid and children

    How likely are children to end up in hospital because of Covid? And how many have died?

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