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The papers were awash with statistics detailing the impact of the proposed Universal Credit on low-income families earlier this week. One Guardian article headline read 'Universal credit will make 150,000 … Read
Last month Full Fact tackled the question of whether the majority of the British public supports same-sex marriage. Since then, a number of new polls have arisen, and readers could … Read
Nick Clegg deputised for the Prime Minister at today's PMQs, but did his claim about women in the labour market under the previous Government ring true? Read
On yesterday's Sky News Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper and Policing Minister Nick Herbert had a disagreement over Labour's claim that 5,000 'visible' officers had been cut from the frontline. Who's right? Read
Over the weekend, Liberal Democrat Peer Shirley Williams hit out at Guardian journalist Polly Toynbee over the latter's reporting of the NHS Bill. Baroness Williams claimed that Ms Toynbee's figures were a 'myth'. Was she right? Read
The Government announced today that they will be revising adoption guidelines so that less emphasis is placed on ethnicity. The Guardian reported that black children wait twice as long as white children to be adopted, but is this correct? Read
The Press Complaints Commission has confirmed that it will close in its present form in order to review its structure and processes, which have come in for criticism at the … Read
The controversial issue of welfare reform featured at yesterday's Prime Minister's Questions, where Labour MP Joan Ruddock asked David Cameron: "The Prime Minister is proud of his welfare reforms. [Hon. … Read
The BBC Trust — the body responsible for monitoring the broadcaster's output and governance — today announced proposals for an overhaul of its complaints system aimed at making the process … Read
Yesterday it was announced that Remploy, the publicly-owned company which provides employment to disabled people, would be closing 36 factories. The Government justified the decision by arguing that each place at Remploy cost £25,000, compared with £3,000 for the Access to Work scheme. Read
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