Economy, Business & Finance
Is youth unemployment down 40%?
The number of unemployed 16-24 year olds has fallen by 43% between 2010 and 2018. Read
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America: seen as the number one threat to world peace, says one survey
A 2013 poll by the WIN/Gallup International network found 24% of respondents from around the world chose the USA as the country they thought posed the greatest threat to world peace. Read
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Health
The Pro-sesh-ional classes: Do wealthy people drink more regularly?
Professionals and higher earners in Great Britain say they drink more regularly, if you count that as drinking weekly. Read
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Misinformation Toolkit
When headlines aren’t quite as they seem
When it comes to headlines, what you see should be what you get. Last week we secured a correction in The Sun. This is what happened. Read
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Health
Are there 100,000 vacancies in the NHS?
There were reportedly 100,000 vacancies in NHS trusts in England between October-December 2017. Home Office caps on visa numbers mean some international doctors cannot enter the UK to work. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Affordable homes: comparing Labour and Conservative records
346,000 affordable homes were added in the seven years of coalition and Conservative government to 2016/17. That’s slightly more than the last seven years of Labour. Read
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BBC Question Time: factchecked
Question Time was in St Albans this week. We factchecked UK population change, non-decent homes, what money House of Lords members get, post-Brexit economic forecasts, and if student loans are debts. Read
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Education
Student ‘debts’ aren’t really debts
Politicians were accused of misrepresenting students’ finance options - so how does it work? Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Estimates of lower GDP growth post-Brexit don’t mean a recession
Government analysis of a number of Brexit scenarios estimated that over the next 15 years economic growth could be reduced by around 2%, 5% and 8% depending on the outcome. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Did Labour make 1.4 million “non-decent” homes fit to live in?
The last Labour government launched a programme to make “non-decent” homes fit for living in. An estimated 1.4 million social sector homes underwent work. Read
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