Explainers and other analysis to deal with misunderstood topics and translate complexity into clarity.
Economy, Business & Finance
The Mirror reported that average earners need double their wage to buy their first home, but is this what the research it references says? Read
Crime
Crime is falling. It's falling under this government and it fell under the last government. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The Prime Minister suggests that the government is enforcing seven times more in penalties for not paying the Minimum Wage than the previous government did at the end of its tenure. But is this the whole story? Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The Prime Minister has defended his government's controversial Help to Buy scheme against claims that it was overheating the market by pointing to a rise in house building. How significant is this? Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Last week the Prime Minister told MPs there was "absolutely no justification" for the tube strikes, and that it "makes sense" to have fewer people staffing ticket offices when, he said, only 3% of transactions involve them. Read
Immigration
With migrants' access to the benefits system a political hot potato, the Daily Express claims that over 40,000 child benefit claims are being made on behalf of children who live outside the UK. Is this accurate? Read
Health
MPs are due to vote on a ban on smoking in a car containing anyone under the age of 18. How many children are affected, and what is the impact on their health? Read
Crime
The reputation of crime statistics has taken a few knocks of late, after a committee of MPs heard evidence that figures were often deliberately manipulated to under-report certain crimes. Rape … Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The Coalition and Labour have clashed on spending commitments after the next election. But are Labour set for a £25 billion spending spree as the Times suggests? Read
Health
Yesterday's decision by the House of Lords to back a Labour amendment that would ban adults from smoking in a car when children are present was big news this morning, … Read
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