Economy, Business & Finance
Historically high levels of tax?
In recent years the UK's tax take has varied between 30% and 35% of GDP. Read
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Europe
Can we be part of the single market and control immigration?
We don't know what the future arrangements for the UK will be as this will depend on the deal that is reached between the government and the EU. Read
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Immigration
Unaccompanied refugee children in Europe
How many unaccompanied children are in Europe and how many are claiming asylum here? Read
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Europe
Who can veto a Brexit deal?
Individual countries won’t be able to veto an EU-UK deal on how it leaves the bloc, but could block a deal on future trade if they don’t like it. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Wealth in the UK: The richest 1% and the poorest 20%
Oxfam claims that the richest 1% of UK wealth-holders own at least twenty-times more than the poorest 20%. That’s reasonable, but finding out what the wealthiest own is harder than you might expect. Read
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Education
London schools outperform the rest of England
“Now we’ve got the best schools in the country [in London]. This isn’t as well about rich and poor areas, some of the best schools in London now, as a … Read
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Education
Grammar schools benefit some pupils but the majority do worse
Evidence suggests pupils who get into grammar schools perform better than they would under comprehensive education, and pupils who don’t perform worse. Read
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Polls didn't show a consistent Labour lead
“We've been working, over the last year, to unite the party, and we were winning electorally and in the polls.” John McDonnell, 15 September 2016 “85 out of 89 polls … Read
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Education
Finland, Canada and South Korea rank highly for education
We've checked claims from this week's BBC Question Time on education systems across the world. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Apprenticeship funding: going up or down?
16-18 year olds could see a funding rate cut of between 30% and 50%, based on case studies of three of the most popular types of apprenticeships. Read
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