How to evaluate sources
Methods for evaluating whether a source is likely to be reliable usually look at authority, motivation, accuracy and relevance.
How to check facts
Fact-checking usually involves following a claim back to its original source to verify it, or comparing it with other sources.
How to verify images and videos
Stopping and asking a few questions about images and videos shared online can help assess whether they are likely to be real, fake, or misleading.
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Research Briefing
What is misinformation?
There is widespread concern that misinformation is spreading rapidly online and offline and that this might have a damaging effect on democracy and social wellbeing.
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Research Briefing
How to spot spin and inappropriate use of statistics
How are statistics most commonly spun or used incorrectly and what are some of the best ways to tell when this has happened?
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Insight
English deprivation data in 2025: What has changed?
The 2025 English Indices of Deprivation includes some changes in methodology, but the rankings of deprivation by constituency are similar to those in 2019.
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Research Briefing
Support for care leavers
Statistics on the number of care leavers around the UK and government policies in place to provide support to them.
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Debate Pack
E-petition relating to maternity and paternity pay
A petition on raising the rates of maternity and paternity pay to the National Living Wage will be debated in Westminster Hall on 27 October 2025.
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Debate Pack
Impact of employment rights on businesses
There will be a Westminster Hall debate on the impact of employment rights on businesses at 4:30pm on 16 September 2025. The debate will be opened by Lincoln Jopp MP.