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Since the Government launched its e-petitions website earlier this month, promising to consider petitions garnering over 100,000 signatures for debate in the Commons, one issue has dominated the early running: … Read
Conservative MP David Davis responded to the recent riots across England yesterday by calling for change in the leadership of Britain's police forces. In an article for the website ConservativeHome … Read
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) must improve the way it presents data on disability benefits claims, the official statistics watchdog has said. Sir Michael Scholar, Chairman of the … Read
Following the recent riots, London Mayor Boris Johnson has claimed that he has increased the number of police officers in the capital. Former Mayor Ken Livingstone has insisted his successor is "ramming through" police cuts - What do the figures show? Read
Since the Government launched its new 'e-petitions' site this week there has been a surge in debate surrounding the death penalty — one of the most popular topic areas in … Read
Yesterday, Full Fact looked into the reporting of drink driving statistics and how they are reported to have changed over time. Following this, a reader contacted us for information on … Read
Today the Disability Benefits Consortium — a collection of 50 charities and organisations that work with the disabled — issued a press release arguing that the Government needed to do … Read
A group of MPs has today echoed Full Fact's criticism of media coverage of issues around incapacity benefit claims. A report out this morning from the Work and Pensions Select … Read
Immigration remains a contentious issue this week as the Coalition publishes a Consultation on Family Migration aimed at dealing with the issues around entry to the UK by non-EU nationals … Read
For the first time yesterday, the Office for National Statistics published additional guidance on statistics about workers' nationality, alongside its data on employment.After the frequent stories using data on employment … Read
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