Economy, Business & Finance
Employment: Is work being spread more thinly?
In our third piece of this series, we look at whether the employment rate is high because people working one hour a week are included as employed. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
In our third piece of this series, we look at whether the employment rate is high because people working one hour a week are included as employed. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
In our second piece of this series, we look at the definition of employment. Lots of people think that the government changes the definition of unemployment, so you can’t compare figures over time. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The debate around employment and earnings can be confusing and combative. Our new series explains the facts. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
We factchecked claims made by Theresa May and Donald Trump during the latter’s recent state visit and found they were correct. Read
The video is actually of football fans in Switzerland. Read
The figures on how much nurses, teachers, police and MPs got paid in 2010 and 2018 are pretty much correct in cash terms, but without including inflation they don’t tell us a lot. Read
A number of viral videos showing large crowds supporting and opposing President Trump are old. Read
This post advising people on live vaccine exposure greatly exaggerates the risks of infection. Read
The ‘Imperial March’ was not played for Donald Trump during his UK state visit. Read
Europe
Tom Watson MP found in a poll that 84% of Labour members back a vote by members to decide the party’s future Brexit policy. But there are a number of flaws with the poll which make the results effecti Read
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