Explainers and other analysis to deal with misunderstood topics and translate complexity into clarity.
Today the Department for Transport (DfT) published routine quarterly estimates for the number of road casualties in Great Britain. They revealed that in the year leading up to June 2012, … Read
"Lucrative: Now worth more than £300m a year, Halloween is now Britain's third most lucrative festival after Christmas and Easter." The Daily Mail, October 31, 2012 Today we learnt that … Read
Immigration
Today's Daily Express explores an idea floated by Conservative MP Stewart Jackson to "take back control of our borders" which he claims would allow border staff to turn away more … Read
In 2010 the Liberal Democrats pledged to stop holding children in immigration detention centres. However Nick Clegg's claims to have achieved this from within the Coalition continue to be criticised by some. Do the figures allow us to say who's right? Read
Health
Labour Leader Ed Miliband chose mental health as the topic of his first major speech since his address to the Labour Party conference last month. But are mental health problems as widespread as he claims? Read
Crime
In Kelvingrove Art Gallery, one of Glasgow's main museums, there is a permanent exhibition devoted to the issue of domestic violence. And in recent years Scotland - in contrast to … Read
The budget deficit has been referred to as the Government's number one priority. But following some ambiguity on last week's question time, exactly how big is it and how much has it been reduced by? Read
Health
Social media website Twitter this week threw up an interesting claim on the state of food inequality worldwide. However is it really true that 2012 represents the first point in human history in which obesity has killed more than malnutrition? Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The Work and Pensions Secretary has announced plans to limit child benefits and tax credits to a family's first two children. Will this cut get us any closer to reaching the £10 billion which still needs to be slashed from the welfare budget? Read
Yesterday's PMQs saw Ed Miliband's record as Energy Secretary come under the microscope as it was claimed that he both lowered household fuel bills but 'stuffed energy company pockets with cash'. Is either claim fair? Read
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