Ed Balls: 119,000 have lost their jobs in the construction industry
With employment ever so slightly rising, how can the construction industry have lost 119,000 jobs? Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
'Inconvenient truths'? How big is the public sector debt?
Is the growing size of the government's debt placing the restraints on Liberal Democrat ambitions that Nick Clegg claimed during this week's conference speech? We find out in the second part of our look into the 'inconvenient truths' he cited. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
'Inconvenient truth'? Has the UK's welfare bill grown sevenfold over the past half century?
Nick Clegg used his speech to the Liberal Democrat Conference to encourage his party to embrace the "tough decisions" that come with government. But are the "inconvenient truths" he claims to have faced 'truths' at all? Here's the first part in our Read
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Immigration
Visualising population growth
Population in England and Wales has risen by 1,000 every day, the fastest rise in 100 years. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Does means-testing pensioners make financial sense?
On this morning's Today programme Mark Reckless MP claimed that the cost of means-testing pensioner benefits would be "far, far greater than anything that would be raised". Does the evidence support his view? Read
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Health
How many doctors are sex offenders?
The Daily Mail reports that some doctors have been allowed to continue practising after being convicted of sex offences. And is human rights law shielding the offenders? Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Taxing the rich: what are the facts?
The Liberal Democrat conference this year runs with the theme: "fairer tax in tough times." But how unfair is the current tax system? Read
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Are gay people seven times more likely to take drugs than the general public?
According to three news outlets, lesbian, gay and bisexual people are seven times more likely to take drugs than the general population. Full Fact brings the numbers out of the closet. Read
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Plenty of cod in the sea?
This week we have been following with interest the mystery of the North Sea cod population. It started with the Sunday Times sounding the death knell for the cod, and … Read
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Health
St John Ambulance: do the numbers add up?
After being invited to substantiate their claim that up to 140,000 people die each year who could have been saved by first aid, St John Ambulance refuse to share their data analysis with the public. Read
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