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10 February 2017

Economy, Business & Finance

How much would a hard Brexit cost?

It's not unorthodox to say that trading with the EU under terms set by the WTO would be bad from an economic perspective, but putting an exact cost on it is tricky. Read

Fact check
10 February 2017

BBC Question Time, factchecked

We factchecked claims about A&E visits, whether UKIP wants to privatise the NHS, and whether or not the government had committed to accepting 3,000 refugee children. Read

Analysis
8 February 2017

Health

Staffing in A&E

There are roughly 600 more A&E consultants, 1,500 more A&E doctors, and 2,000 more paramedics since 2010. Read

Fact check
8 February 2017

Health

How many A&Es are going to close?

Research has shown one in six A&Es could be closed or downgraded based on their current plans, but it's speculative. We only know for definite that about a quarter of these will be closed or downgrade Read

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