Local Angle: How to Fact-Check Your MP's Leaflet Before the Next Election
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Local Angle: How to Fact-Check Your MP's Leaflet Before the Next Election

Party leaflets mix verifiable facts with confident spin. Here is how to check your MP's voting record, expenses and...

Checklist: 10 Questions to Ask Before Sharing a Political Statistic on Social Media
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Checklist: 10 Questions to Ask Before Sharing a Political Statistic on Social Media

A practical ten-point checklist for checking sources, dates, units and framing before you share a political...

Explainer: How the UK Parliament Passes a Bill from First Reading to Royal Assent
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Explainer: How the UK Parliament Passes a Bill from First Reading to Royal Assent

A bill must survive five stages in each House, plus committee scrutiny and possible ping-pong, before the monarch...