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Sun on Sunday launches with a Readers' Champion
The Sun on Sunday hit the newsstands yesterday with a promise to hold itself to high standards of trust following the controversial demise of its predecessor, the News of the …
Read more…Has the pay of the head of Barclays gone up 500 times since 1979?
Labour's Emily Thornberry claimed on Question Time last week that the salary of the head of Barclays has increased 500 times since 1979, while the salary of a teacher has …
Read more…How did the News of the World closure affect newspaper circulation?
Government Minister Ed Vaizey and UKIP Deputy Leader Paul Nuttall both lamented the loss of Sunday newspaper readers on Question Time yesterday. Were their figures accurate?
Read more…Have energy firm bosses' wages doubled in the last decade?
The Mirror has recently reported that bosses of the Big Six energy firms now earn "52 times more than the typical British worker", having doubled their annual wage between 2001 …
Read more…Are 2.5 million 'ghost' patients costing the NHS £162 million?
The Daily Mail and the Daily Telegraph both reported this morning that 'ghost' patients — patients still registered to a GP despite being either dead or no longer resident in …
Read more…Was David Cameron right on the success of Work Experience schemes at PMQs?
During today's session of Prime Minister's Questions, David Cameron responded to a question about the Government's Work Experience programme by suggesting that half of its participants were getting work at …
Read more…Does the majority of the public oppose same-sex marriage?
As a former Archbishop of Canterbury threw his weight behind a campaign to prevent the legalisation of gay marriage, we look at which side of the argument public opinion falls …
Read more…Does frequent youth unemployment negatively affect your wages later in life?
Today the Department for Education claimed that, by the age of 42, a young person who experiences frequent unemployment can expect to earn 12-15 per cent less than average. Is …
Read more…Have 20,000 young people moved off benefits after Government-backed work experience placements?
Chris Grayling wrote in the Telegraph yesterday responding to criticism of the Government's work experience programme. He claimed that nearly 20,000 young people had been taken off benefits after placements …
Read more…Would a "marriage tax break" benefit the poor more than raising the income tax threshold?
The Centre for Social Justice has released a report into the transferable tax allowance (or "marriage tax break") proposed by the Conservatives at the last election. But would it be …
Read more…BBC responds to Daily Mail's attack on staff payouts
Last Friday the Tabloid Watch blog monitored a dispute between the Daily Mail and the BBC. The Mail had published an article on Wednesday criticising the BBC, writing that: "Half …
Read more…Has lending to businesses fallen every quarter for the last three years?
The Daily Mail reported today that lending to businesses has fallen every quarter for the last three years, arguing that, despite the promises of Project Merlin, banks have failed to …
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