Crime
Is online abuse increasing while arrests are falling?
What can data from the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre tell us about the trends? Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
How much help is Help to Work?
Today Employment minister Esther McVey claimed that the pilot for the government's new Help to Work scheme had meant people had worked an extra 9-11 days. We looked into the figures. Read
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Education
Fewer than one in 14 job seekers lack basic literacy skills
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Immigration
Foreign national offenders: in prison or leaving the country?
As the Public Accounts Committee releases its report into the performance of the prison system, both Labour and the Coalition's record while overseeing the service comes under scrutiny. Read
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Immigration
'eBorders' project will still supplement migration data
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Health
Are more women overdue for a cervical smear?
Figures from Labour on the number of women overdue for a cervical screening test made headlines today. We look into the trends. Read
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Crime
Is the rising cost of alcohol behind falling violent crime?
The Times reports a 'shock drop' in violent crime as they and others point to rising alcohol costs and falling consumption as the cause. What does the evidence say? Read
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Care cases: are they taking less time to get through court?
As reforms to the family justice system come into force today, Justice Minister Simon Hughes said the time courts were taking to deal with care proceedings had fallen from above 50 weeks to 33 weeks. We looked into the source of the claim. Read
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Crime
How diverse are judges in England and Wales?
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Europe
Jobs, laws and 'Eurocrats': UKIP's European election posters
UKIP's 2014 European elections posters were described by some as "inaccurate". So do the claims made by the party add up? Read
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