Explainers and other analysis to deal with misunderstood topics and translate complexity into clarity.
Question Time on October 5, 2018 came from Canary Wharf in London. Topics covered were austerity, immigration, knife crime and clapping being replaced with hand waving. Read
Europe
Charlie Elphicke MP used a poll from his own Facebook page to show the “astonishing” popularity of a free trade deal. But polling like this is deeply flawed. Read
Europe
What could no deal mean for UK-EU airline and bus routes, and airport security checks? Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Question Time on 20 September 2018 came from the West Yorkshire town of Dewsbury. Topics covered included the Chequers deal, rail nationalisation, Islamophobia, and party conferences. Read
There are proposals to reduce the number of MPs from 650 to 600 at the next election. We explain what impact this could have. Read
15% of Conservative MPs need to call for a vote of no confidence in the party leader: in which all Conservative MPs then vote for or against the leader. Read
Immigration
The independent Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) today released a report about the impacts of EU immigrant workers on the UK economy, and recommendations for how immigration policy should change. Read
Question Time on September 13, 2018 came from the Oxfordshire town of Banbury. Topics covered included the Salisbury poisoning, Brexit, zero hours contracts, and prisons. Read
Europe
A number of new guidance documents came out today, and we’ve picked out just three things that could directly affect you. Read
Education
Overall, there has been a slight pick-up in performance levels, after a couple of years of decline in pupils achieving higher grades. Performance among boys has increased in particular. Read
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