Economy, Business & Finance
Income inequality
By several headline measures, it’s fallen gradually across the bulk of UK households in the past ten years. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Brexit and economic apocalypse
There hasn’t been an immediate hit to economic growth following the EU referendum. Read
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Health
Health tourism savings won't plug the hole in NHS funding
Estimates show health tourism costs up to £300 million a year, but savings from this alone won't fill the gap in funding for the NHS. Read
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Europe
Are we all getting 14 weeks holiday?
A graph in the Brexit white paper got the number of weeks UK law gives workers in annual holiday and EU law gives workers in paid maternity leave round the wrong way. It’s now been corrected. Read
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The UK, the USA, and Syrian refugees
We’ve looked into Jeremy Corbyn’s and Theresa May’s claims on the government response to the recent US order on refugees, and to the wider Syrian crisis. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Increasing the state pension age
Changes to the state pension age mean women born in the 1950s will retire later than they expected. Read
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Health
Are patients going to A&E instead of GPs?
It was estimated in 2010 that between 10% and 30% of cases attending A&E were of a type that could be seen by a GP. Read
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Immigration
How many people overstay their visas?
We can't find a record of the Brexit Secretary saying this, as has been claimed - but whether he made this claim or not, it's true. Read
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Barristers and diversity
The percentage of new QCs that are female or from a black and ethnic minority background is going up, but that isn't changing the overall picture. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Business rates: up or down?
Rates are going up for some on 1 April, but in the past few years government policies have brought them down overall. Read
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