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Impartial, empirical, reliable and dispassionate, Channel 4 FactCheck scrutinises the claims and counter claims of those in the public eye.

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Women's minister Harriet Harman claims a specialist people trafficking unit is not being cut. FactCheck's not so sure.

Gordon Brown claims low interest rates and high employment put the UK in a better position than during the last recession - do the figures add up?

Gordon Brown was "determined" banks pass last week's interest rate cut on to mortgage holders - but has it happened?

Gordon Brown took prime minister's questions on a day of grim economic news, but did his answers pass the FactCheck test?

As America goes to the polls, Channel 4 FactCheck picks our final top 10 dodgy campaign claims, as held up to the light by US fact check sites.

Have our freedoms come at too high a price?