Health
Who's cutting hospital bed numbers?
It’s been falling almost constantly since the 1980s, but there's more to these figures than meets the eye. Read
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Health
A shortage of midwives?
There are more midwives in England than there were in 2010, but the trade union representing them estimates that there’s a shortage, as has the National Audit Office. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Business rates: how many council areas will face rate rises?
Whatever the impact it won’t happen straight away. The impact of the revaluation on 1 April will be phased in over the next few years. Read
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Education
Schools will have less to spend per pupil by 2020
The National Audit Office has said that although overall spending on schools will increase between 2014/15 and 2019/20, increasing pupil numbers and staff costs mean they will need to spend 8% less pe Read
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Health
Social care and hospital delays
20 councils accounted for 50% of the discharges delayed due to social care in November 2016. 24 councils accounted for around 50% of delays due to any reason. Read
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Has the Scottish Government budget increased or decreased since 2010?
Panelists on this week's Question Time clashed over the Scottish Government budget. Read
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How likely is a second Scottish independence referendum?
Opinion polls show more people are against a second referendum on independence than are for it. Read
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Education
The attainment gap in Scotland’s schools
High-achieving well-off pupils in Scotland perform better at science, reading and maths than high-achieving poor pupils, according to research. Read
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Immigration
Reports on employment figures are accurate, but not the whole picture
There’s a lot of uncertainty, and you can tell different stories about ‘foreign’ workers depending on how you define them. Read
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Don’t trust this Stoke by-election poll until we know more about it
We've seen a poll on the Stoke by-election. As far as we're aware, the campaign group who carried it out still haven’t published the information you’d need to say whether it’s reliable. Read
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