It is widely reported that South Africa has the eighth highest suicide rate in the world, with a total of 23 suicides a day. But, as Africa Check discovered, the data is unreliable and the WHO warns against drawing international comparisons.

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Last week we wrote about a notification sent to mobile users of a correction from the Guardian news app, which we thought was a correction to an article.

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GDP figures are our main indicator of economic growth. What is GDP? How is it calculated, and why is it so often revised after the fact?

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The Full Fact podcast brings you the facts behind the spin. We have a team of researchers working 18 hours a day, 7 days a week during the election. We work hard to ensure that no claim made by politicians or the media is left unchallenged. This bonus episode — and the last in our […]

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“Labour put up tax on earnings by £1,895 in real terms for the average household”—Conservative Party press release Labour claimed that the coalition raised taxes by £1,100, and now the Conservatives are hitting back with figures from the House of Commons Library. They say that the average household paid £1,895 more in income tax and national insurance […]

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Apprenticeships have changed a great deal since the 1950s, from being three years long and mainly for young people to being shorter and for all ages The number of apprenticeship starts each year has been substantially higher under the Coalition than under the last Labour government, but mainly for the over 25s The last two years have seen declining numbers, thought […]

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In response to claims that the NHS is being privatised under the coalition, the Prime Minister has said there’s been a “tiny increase” in the proportion of NHS spending going to private providers – from 5% to 6%. Mr. Cameron is correct; private providers made up 4.9% of NHS spending in 2010/2011 and 6.1% in 2013/2014 according to […]

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“Thousands of hardworking young people still have to live in the same bedroom they lived in as children.” Nick Clegg, Liberal Democrat press release, 10 April 2015. The Liberal Democrats have proposed  to make government loans available to young adults so they can cover the costs of a tenancy deposit and move out of their parent’s […]

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The number of GPs working in England has grown by 1,300 between 2010 and 2014, according to figures published today. You might be forgiven for thinking that means they’re up 1,300 under this government, which came into office in May 2010. But it doesn’t. The figures are annual and they only count the number of GPs...

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