Christmas in graphs #1
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Naked graphs #2
Over the festive break, we'll be publishing highly graphic content. That's right: graphs, naked. We're very particular about labeling our graphs carefully so readers know what's going on. So for … Read
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Naked graphs #1
Over the festive break, we'll be publishing highly graphic content. That's right: graphs, naked. We're very particular about labeling our graphs carefully so readers know what's going on. So for … Read
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Health
It's wrong to say 4 in 5 new nurses are foreign
The Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) has stepped in to correct inaccurate reporting of figures on the number of new nurses who are recruited from overseas. Earlier in … Read
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Europe
Did the EU rule that obesity is a disability?
"Fury as Euro court rules the obese are disabled" Daily Express, 19 December 2014 A decision concerning a childminder who claims he was sacked for being overweight was published yesterday … Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
TUC comment on full-time employment claim
The Trades Union Congress have replied to our request for a comment on their analysis of the growth in full-time employment. Employment is higher now than it was before the … Read
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Health
Factcheck: How nurse numbers can be up as well as down
"Today, there are 2,500 fewer nurses in our NHS than in May 2010." - Tom Blenkinsop MP, 17 December 2014 "Today, actually, there are new figures out on the NHS... … Read
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Can this petition stop MPs telling lies?
A petition has been started to put a stop to lying in Parliament. But this is an unusual kind of petition: one that disavows its own aim. Jolyon Rubinstein, co-creator … Read
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Statistics Authority rebukes Education Secretary for 'shocking statistic' claim
The UK Statistics Authority has rebuked Nicky Morgan, the Secretary of State for Education, who claimed in Parliament last week that "... under the previous Labour Government one in three … Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Factcheck: Are only one in 40 jobs added since the recession full-time?
The TUC have published a report saying that only one in 40 new jobs is full-time, while the Chancellor says 85% of new jobs are full-time. Which is right? Read
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