An inspring masterclass tonight with Karl Flinders richard brooks Teju Adedayo and Parmod Kalia on the extraordinary investigation done by some pioneering journalists into the Post Office Scandal - long before #MrBatesVsThePostOffice . Chaired by the brilliant ritula shah for John Schofield Trust

New figures released by the Home Office today show that between October and December 2023, 15 Rwandan asylum seekers were granted protection and 17 were refused The total since April 2022 is 21 Rwandan asylum claims granted and 20 refused

The chancellor is to use tomorrow's Budget to urge councils to spend less on diversity schemes. But how much do councils spend on staffing for these schemes? Answer: not very much. Today's Verify piece with Nick Eardley 👇 bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politi…

Budget 2024: Is the tax take the highest for 70 years? bbc.in/3PbmKg1

In 2023, police recorded 30,539 offences of a dog causing injury to a person or a guide dog, up 21% from 2022, according to our FOI investigation with Emily Unia. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…

According to research carried out by the Domestic Homicide Project across England and Wales, in almost half of cases where a suspect killed their partner last year, the attacker was already known to police for domestic abuse offending.

We've fact-checked Rishi Sunak's radio phone-in on LBC this morning. BBC Verify looked into claims about crime, small boats and prisons. Read here: bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

'I want to get to England': BBC sees people struggling on migrant boat before five died bbc.co.uk/news/world-eur…

The Irish govt has approved a plan to introduce a new law making it easier to return migrants to the UK. BBC Verify investigated the claim that 80% of recent asylum seekers have crossed into Ireland from the UK border, fuelled by the Rwanda policy. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politi…

The UK’s asylum backlog started falling in 2023. The government hired more caseworkers and their productivity increased, leading to more decisions. We examine how this happened, why, and what it means for the asylum system in our updated briefing. 🧵(1/8) migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/resources/brie…

🚨 More people than ever are being held in England and Wales' overcrowded and crumbling prisons. Our exclusive data analysis exposes widespread failings in safety, hygiene, healthcare, violence and release planning. Here's what we found ⤵️ sianushka opendemocracy.net/en/prisons-mos…

A great honour to have been shortlisted for the Orwell Society journalism prize. Thanks to the judging panel for selecting my entry on state school buildings and the Raac crisis

Congrats to the winners & highly commended of the '24 NUJ / Orwell Society Young Journalist Awards! “What was notable about this year's entries was the close attention to forms of toxicity online." Political opinion writing + Best Arts Review here 👉 nuj.org.uk/resource/winne…

Our roundup of claims from the first GE debate Gang behind this Lucy Gilder Daniel Wainwright Phil Leake Tamara Kovacevic Anthony Reuben Callum May Nick Eardley Nadyne Dunkley Gergana "Gerry" Georgieva Alastair Reid bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Conservative Party's state pension Facebook adverts are misleading, BBC Verify analysis finds bbc.in/3KZr9zV

How much capacity do prisons in England and Wales have left and how did they get so full? BBC Verify has taken a look at some of the figures behind the story: bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Kamala Harris convention speech fact-checked by BBC Verify. From Jake Horton and Lucy Gilder: bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Fact-checking Kamala Harris’s first campaign interview, reporting from Merlyn Thomas and Lucy Gilder: bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Latest disinformation debunk from BBC Verify: Baseless claim that Kamala Harris was involved in an alleged hit-and-run incident spread by mysterious website. Reporting from Shayan Sardarizadeh, Merlyn Thomas and Lucy Gilder: bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…