Factbombing: methodology
The methodology that we used for our factbombing article. Read
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Explainers and other analysis to deal with misunderstood topics and translate complexity into clarity.
Economy, Business & Finance
Employment: What’s happened to wages since 2010
In our fifth and final piece we look at what's happened to wages since 2010. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Employment: Is employment up only because of zero hours contracts?
In our fourth piece of this series we look at the claim that employment is only up since 2010 because of zero hours jobs. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Employment: Is work being spread more thinly?
In our third piece of this series, we look at whether the employment rate is high because people working one hour a week are included as employed. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Employment: How is it defined and why does that matter?
In our second piece of this series, we look at the definition of employment. Lots of people think that the government changes the definition of unemployment, so you can’t compare figures over time. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Employment: Can you trust employment statistics?
The debate around employment and earnings can be confusing and combative. Our new series explains the facts. Read
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Europe
Labour MP’s Brexit poll is meaningless
Tom Watson MP found in a poll that 84% of Labour members back a vote by members to decide the party’s future Brexit policy. But there are a number of flaws with the poll which make the results effecti Read
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Theresa May's resignation speech: factchecked
We factchecked the claims made by Theresa May during her speech announcing she will resign as leader of the Conservative Party on 7 June 2019. Read
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Europe
The UK can’t be forced to leave the EU or to join the euro
The UK cannot be forced to join the euro if it remains a member of the EU. The EU could apply political pressure on the UK to do so, but this is highly unlikely in the current political context. Read
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Crime
What’s happening to knife crime?
Knife crime has almost certainly been rising in recent years, and knife-related homicides are at a record high. Read
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