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Via Twitter: 'Survey: 18 per cent of young people have slept rough in the past year ... can this be right?' The claim comes from a ComRes survey commissioned by … Read
Immigration
Immigration headlines appeared contradictory and others didn't say what 'kinds' of migrant they were referring to. Yet all the headlines refer to the same report. Read
'More people are moving down, rather than up, the social ladder as the number of middle-class managerial and professional jobs shrinks' — The Guardian This is how most of this … Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The treasury says that mailing out individual statements this week telling taxpayers what their money is being spent on is an act of transparency. But are the letters really that clear? Read
Sometimes the way statisticians see things can be quite different to the way ordinary people do. During this week's Prime Minister's Questions MP Sir Bob Russell said: "More people live … Read
Economy, Business & Finance
"In this parliament we will have made £100 billion of savings while cutting income tax by £10.5 billion. In the next parliament we plan to make £25 billion of savings … Read
Take a look at the Y axis. It's easy to be misled by the scale. The graph from the website May2015.com is using a logarithmic scale: the Y axis progresses … Read
Immigration
"175,000 failed asylum seekers are still awaiting deportation" Daily Mirror "Officials cannot find 50,000 rejected asylum seekers" The Guardian "Officials have lost track of 50,000 illegal immigrants and failed to … Read
Europe
The European Commission has asked the UK to contribute an extra £1.7 billion to its budget by 1 December. The Prime Minister's words to MPs this week were defiant: "Britain … Read
During the Scottish referendum campaign, Ipsos Mori asked people in Scotland how easy or difficult it was to find trustworthy information. 61% found it fairly or very difficult. We can … Read
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