Crime
Prison or Eton: which costs more?
Sending a child to a prison facility, like a young offender institution, for a year costs more than the fees for Eton. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Is UK foreign aid funding filming in Beijing?
At least £440,000 aid was spent on Chinese film, TV and museum projects in 2016/17. The total foreign aid budget was £14 billion. Read
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Education
Ofsted hasn’t inspected 300 schools for a decade or more
300 schools haven’t been inspected by Ofsted for a decade or more as they were last rated as outstanding, so don’t have to be inspected every five years. Read
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Crime
Robbery: Is the UK a “world leader”?
The recorded robbery rate in England and Wales increased more in 2016 than 13 countries examined by the Home Office, but the rate itself wasn’t top. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
One born every minute? How many migrants arrive in the UK and how many children do they have?
About 775,000 children were born in the UK in 2016, 210,000 to non-UK born mothers. Net migration was at around 245,000 in the year to September 2017. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Would an independent Scotland have to keep the pound and cut public spending?
A report commissioned by the Scottish National Party recommends that an independent Scotland should not immediately change its currency from the pound. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Is the UK’s economy growing slower than any other country in the developed world?
The UK’s economy is growing more slowly than most countries analysed by the OECD in a recent report, but isn’t the slowest. The OECD’s analysis also doesn’t include all developed countries. Read
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Abortion, human rights, and devolution
What can the Northern Ireland Assembly do? Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
HMRC: how many unanswered calls?
Around 13% of calls to HMRC have gone unanswered in the eleven months from April 2017, compared to 8% in the same months the year before. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Are pay packets growing?
Wages are lower than they were ten years ago, but on some measures have risen since last year. Read
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