Education
Student debt: what did Labour say?
Jeremy Corbyn didn’t commit to abolishing student debt before the last election, although he did say he would “deal with” the high debts of graduates and was looking at ways to do so. Read
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Education
Jeremy Corbyn didn’t commit to abolishing student debt before the last election, although he did say he would “deal with” the high debts of graduates and was looking at ways to do so. Read
Education
Higher tuition fees don’t seem to have affected the longer-term trend of more disadvantaged students going to university. Read
Health
9,800 staff reporting they were from the EU left NHS England between June 2016 and June 2017. Read
Facebook has announced new rules to stop people running political advertising that can’t be traced. How much good this announcement does will depend on the details. Read
Europe
The Foreign Secretary and the UK's statistics watchdog have clashed over an inaccurate claim that the UK is set to take back control of £350 million a week. Read
Europe
After we leave the EU, we cannot take back control of £350 million a week. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Has the food and drinks industry said they face significant disruption and economic damage in EU nationals continue to leave the UK? Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Private sector wages dropped much more rapidly than public sector wages during the recession. They began recovering as public sector wages slowed. In recent years the gap between the two has narrowed. Read
We checked the panel's claims on the public sector pay cap, private sector earnings since the recession, and the National Living Wage. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The National Living Wage has increased earnings, but there’s more to inequality trends than just changes to wages. Read
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