Economy, Business & Finance
Taxes, national insurance and the self-employed
We’ve checked claims on who wins and loses from the Spring Budget 2017. Read
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Health
Cancer care waiting times
An NHS target for the proportion of cancer patients being treated within 62 days of referral is being missed. In January the proportion meeting the target was the lowest since 2009. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Did the Conservatives break a manifesto promise on national insurance?
The 2015 Conservative manifesto promised not to raise national insurance rates before 2020. The 2017 budget raised the rate of national insurance contributions paid by some self-employed people. Read
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Why should we believe you? The problem with unpublished evidence
We tried to factcheck a claim in a press release, but the report hadn't been published. Read
Comment
Prime Minister's Questions, factchecked
We've checked claims made at Prime Minister's Questions about school places, class sizes, female MPs, and women in the labour market. Read
Analysis
Education
Class sizes under the Conservatives
Average class sizes in English primary schools are up since 2010, although secondary school classes are very slightly smaller. Read
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Education
Are there enough school places being created?
We took a look at claims from Prime Minister’s Questions about the need for new school places, what’s happening to per pupil spending and the level of need in the areas where free schools have opened. Read
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Women in the Commons
There are a record number of women in the House of Commons. Labour has the most female MPs. The Conservatives have had the only women Prime Ministers. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Women in work: the female employment rate, company boards and the gender pay gap
Men and women are still some way off equal in the UK labour market, although we have the highest female employment rate on record, the overall gender pay gap is falling, and more women are on boards. Read
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International Women’s Day: Charting women’s progress
The House of Commons Library sets out the progress made by women in public life in the UK since the creation of International Women's Day in 1911. Read
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