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Health
The £8 billion figure is totemic for the future of the NHS, but as the Nuffield Trust has explained, it is not extra money to pay for extra services. Read
Europe
Investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) is at the heart of the debate over a proposed treaty, TTIP, between the EU and US. Here's who wins ISDS cases. Read
Health
Jamie Oliver's "Sugar Rush" campaign has claimed that extracting kids' teeth due to sugar is costing £30 million a year. It's not quite that simple. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
It's been widely claimed that thousands of people died within weeks of being found "fit for work". This is wrong. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The Department for Work and Pensions have published data on the benefit claimant deaths. Read our guide to interpreting the figures. Read
Health
NHS trusts faced an overall deficit of £830 million in 2014/15 and this is expected to rise to around £2 billion this year. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Some of the £1bn cost could be incurred anyway without the policy, and the figure rests on a lot of uncertainty. Other estimates even suggest higher costs. Read
Health
Today's review of the evidence on e-cigarettes puts NHS prescription on the agenda, but there's more to it than this one recommendation. Read
Health
The Department of Health has published evidence behind its claim that 6,000 deaths could be prevented by a 7 day NHS. Read
Health
GP practice registers show 3.3 million diagnosed diabetes cases in 2013/14, but the methodology and reliability of the undiagnosed figure is more uncertain. Read
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