Abbas Panjwani

Fact Checker (former)

Abbas joined Full Fact in 2018. Before this, he worked as a social researcher, collecting quantitative and qualitative research to help inform policy development and evaluation for government departments and other public bodies. Most recently he worked as research manager at Ofgem, Great Britain’s energy regulator, and has also worked on projects for BIS, the Home Office and the Competition and Markets Authority.

7 December 2018

BBC Question Time: Recap and Factcheck

This week's Question Time was in Bishop's Stortford. The panel discussed the government’s Brexit withdrawal agreement, climate change and the police tactic of knocking suspected criminals off mopeds d

29 November 2018

How long will we be paying the divorce bill?

This article is part of our Ask Full Fact series on Brexit, answering your questions about Brexit and the latest negotiations between the UK and the EU.

29 November 2018

Will there still be a transition period if we leave with no deal?

This article is part of our Ask Full Fact series on Brexit, answering your questions about Brexit and the latest negotiations between the UK and the EU.

27 November 2018

This claim about children with diabetes is completely wrong

A report in the Express said that ten years ago no child had type 2 diabetes – that’s wrong

23 November 2018

Reporting on childhood diabetes prevalence should come with a health warning

Recent media reports have said type 2 diabetes among children is ten times higher than previously thought. But that doesn't mean it's gone up by ten times. We explain why...

22 November 2018

Real wages aren’t growing at their fastest rate in a decade

Real-terms total pay in Great Britain grew by 0.8% in the year to September 2018.

22 November 2018

Are a majority of youth knife offenders minority ethnic?

Across England and Wales in 2017, 38% of knife possession convictions among under 25s were convictions of non-white youths.

21 November 2018

Brexit withdrawal deal and future trade deal—what’s the difference?

The Brexit withdrawal agreement outlines how we’ll leave the EU. The future trade agreement will outline how we trade with the EU after that.

16 November 2018

BBC Question Time: Recap and Factcheck

Question Time on 16 November came from the Welsh harbour town of Milford Haven, and was entirely dominated by Brexit and the draft withdrawal agreement.

16 November 2018

Does the Brexit withdrawal agreement mean Northern Irish separation?

If the EU and UK don’t agree to extend the transition period or strike a new trade deal the backstop kicks in, under which Northern Ireland is treated differently to the rest of the UK.

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Abbas Panjwani

Fact Checker (former)

BBC Question Time: Recap and Factcheck

How long will we be paying the divorce bill?

Will there still be a transition period if we leave with no deal?

This claim about children with diabetes is completely wrong

Reporting on childhood diabetes prevalence should come with a health warning

Real wages aren’t growing at their fastest rate in a decade

Are a majority of youth knife offenders minority ethnic?

Brexit withdrawal deal and future trade deal—what’s the difference?

BBC Question Time: Recap and Factcheck

Does the Brexit withdrawal agreement mean Northern Irish separation?

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