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Economy, Business & Finance
The economies of East Asia, Southeast Asia, and South Asia grew by 5.6%, 5.3%, and 6.5% respectively in 2017. That’s significantly faster than the UK, USA, and EU. Read
Education
Since 2012, £18,600 is the minimum income required to bring a non-EU partner to the UK. Read
Immigration
Theresa May, Diane Abbott and the Immigration Act 2014 Read
Question Time was in Bury St Edmunds this week. We factchecked immigration law for Commonwealth citizens, and for non-EEA partners, what was known about Windrush in 2014, and economic growth in Asia. Read
Immigration
In 2014, a report included stories from members of the Windrush generation facing difficulties proving their immigration status. We don’t know whether Theresa May saw it, but the Home Office did. Read
Crime
Under Boris Johnson’s time as mayor the murder rate halved, though we can’t say for sure whether the rise in stop and searches was effective. Read
Europe
The EU’s customs union was first established in 1968 by the six founding member states of the current EU (Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands). Read
Health
There were the equivalent of 10,000 NHS health visitors working full-time in England in December 2015. That fell by 19% by December 2017 to just over 8,200 now. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Labour made several claims about young people and bus travel in a video to launch their new free travel policy. Read
Immigration
Two thirds of assessed child asylum seekers, but a small proportion of all child asylum seekers, are found to be over 18. Read
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