Education
Factcheck: Has the cap on infant class sizes been scrapped?
Ed Miliband announced that Labour will cap infant class sizes at no more than 30 pupils, in a speech today setting out the party's vision for education for the next … Read
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Education
Ed Miliband announced that Labour will cap infant class sizes at no more than 30 pupils, in a speech today setting out the party's vision for education for the next … Read
Inaccurate claims arent necessarily down to malicious intent. Often, they come about because people dont understand the evidence or theyre in a hurry. But whatever the reason, inaccurate information does … Read
We want to factcheck from 6am to midnight, every day, for the six week run up to the election in May. To do this we need £25,000 to kit out … Read
Health
This article first appeared on the Nuffield Trust website. It's the second in a new series called 'Fact or fiction?', where experts from the Nuffield Trust give their take on … Read
Health
"Referrals from NHS 111 to A&E increased from just under 400,000 calls in 2013 to over a million in 2014. Similarly, referrals to GPs went up from just under 3 … Read
"The NHS 111 helpline is piling pressure on health services, with the number of calls referred through to GPs and A&E each up by almost 200%, according to doctors' leaders." … Read
Education
The shockwaves from the latest round of school league tables are still reverberating across staff rooms up and down the country. The headlines have been about a drop in the … Read
Education
As the Government launches its 'war on illiteracy and innumeracy' today, its own reading skills need some scrutiny. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
David Cameron has pledged to lower the benefit cap to £23,000 a year if he is re-elected. Does the evidence support his claim that the current £26,000 cap has caused a rush to the job centre? Read
Economy, Business & Finance
During Prime Minister's Questions, an exchange on poverty led David Cameron to label Labour's numbers as 'simply wrong'. As ever, it's not quite that simple. Read
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