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British Academy report: 'Choosing an Electoral System': The British Academy is the official UK body for academics in the Humanities and Social Sciences, which produces data and research in these …
Read more…Would tactical voting end under AV?
Campaigners for a YES vote in the referendum argue that voters would no longer need to vote tactically for candidates in elections. 'Yes to fairer votes': "AV simply eliminates the …
Read more…Do some people's votes count more than once under AV?
The central change that an AV electoral system would introduce is the possibility for voters to rank the candidates on a ballot in preference order. It is this change that …
Read more…Does a candidate need more than 50 per cent of the vote to win under AV?
The YES campaign says that a big advantage of the AV system is that MPs have to gain the support of more than half of voters in their constituency. Jonathan …
Read more…Speed cameras: do they cause fewer accidents and road deaths?
Thames Valley Police today announced their decision to switch back on their array of speed cameras in Oxfordshire, citing as their reason "an increase in fatalities and the number of …
Read more…Welfare Reform Bill: were crisis loans increasing before the recession?
Full Fact's Freedom of Information request has shed some light on a dispute between Iain Duncan Smith and an SNP MP during the Welfare Reform Bill debate.
Read more…Budget 2011: how do Labour and Coalition spending plans match up?
Labour's Peter Hain yesterday told Sky News that there was a £40 billion difference between the cuts proposed by his party and those pursued by the Government. Is he right?
Read more…What was the confusion at PMQ's over Disability Living Allowance mobility component?
During Prime Minister Questions this week, Ed Miliband said that the mobility component of DLA is being removed by the Government. David Cameron said it is not. Who is right?
Read more…Have house prices hit a ten month high?
An improving housing market has seen average asking prices hit a ten month high, according to the Daily Express. Unfortunately for property owners, this isn't quite what the figures said.
Read more…Defence budget: Shedding light on the £38 billion black hole
It has been widely reported for a number of months that there is a £38 billion 'black hole' in the defence budget. When the number was dismissed as "ludicrous" last …
Read more…Will the 'bonfire of the Quangos' save taxpayers £30 billion over the current parliament?
The impact of the Government's 'bonfire of the quangos' on the public purse has been hotly contested in recent months. In January the Public Administration Select Committee suggested that in …
Read more…Mayor's transport crime briefing risks "damaging public trust" in statistics, watchdog warns
The UK Statistics Authority has written to London Mayor Boris Johnson to criticise his use of transport crime figures, after Full Fact pointed out that they were being used in …
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