Economy, Business & Finance
Real wages aren’t growing at their fastest rate in a decade
Real-terms total pay in Great Britain grew by 0.8% in the year to September 2018. Read
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Crime
Are a majority of youth knife offenders minority ethnic?
Across England and Wales in 2017, 38% of knife possession convictions among under 25s were convictions of non-white youths. Read
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Europe
Brexit withdrawal deal and future trade deal—what’s the difference?
The Brexit withdrawal agreement outlines how we’ll leave the EU. The future trade agreement will outline how we trade with the EU after that. Read
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Health
EU staff in the NHS: what has happened since the referendum?
EU nationals make up a similar percentage of the NHS workforce in England now as they did in 2016. Read
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Health
Do diabetes prescriptions cost £1 billion a year?
The net ingredient cost in 2017/18 of prescription items for diabetes in England was around £1 billion. But that doesn’t factor in things like discounts the NHS might receive or extra costs. Read
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Europe
Does the Brexit withdrawal agreement mean Northern Irish separation?
If the EU and UK don’t agree to extend the transition period or strike a new trade deal the backstop kicks in, under which Northern Ireland is treated differently to the rest of the UK. Read
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Parliamentary expenses: is this meme about Theresa May correct?
The figures quoted in the meme are mostly correct, though they date from the late 2000s when Mrs May was an opposition MP. Read
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Health
Is a young person diagnosed with an STI in England every four minutes?
There were 144,000 diagnoses of the STIs chlamydia and gonorrhoea in young people in England last year. Read
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Health
Are there 3.5 million vegans in the UK?
There are almost certainly not 3.5 million vegans in the UK. Half a million is a better estimate, although that’s from 2016 research. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
How much does the government subsidise the railways by?
The average rail ticket is 20% more expensive than it was in 1995, and government subsidies for the railways have also increased. Read
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