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Immigration
A figure quoted by Reform UK’s Zia Yusuf for the increase in the UK’s foreign-born population is far too high, and may refer to an estimate of the increase over 20 years. Read
Labour's Emily Thornberry claimed on Question Time last week that the salary of the head of Barclays has increased 500 times since 1979, while the salary of a teacher has increased 5 times in the same period. But where does this figure come from, and is it accurate? Read
Government Minister Ed Vaizey and UKIP Deputy Leader Paul Nuttall both lamented the loss of Sunday newspaper readers on Question Time yesterday. Were their figures accurate? Read
The Mirror has recently reported that bosses of the Big Six energy firms now earn "52 times more than the typical British worker", having doubled their annual wage between 2001 and 2010. What fuels these claims? Read
The Daily Mail and the Daily Telegraph both reported this morning that 'ghost' patients — patients still registered to a GP despite being either dead or no longer resident in the country — are costing the taxpayer £162 million. But where does this figure come from, and is it accurate? Read
During today's session of Prime Minister's Questions, David Cameron responded to a question about the Government's Work Experience programme by suggesting that half of its participants were getting work at the end of the schemes. Is this right? Read
As a former Archbishop of Canterbury threw his weight behind a campaign to prevent the legalisation of gay marriage, we look at which side of the argument public opinion falls on. Read
Today the Department for Education claimed that, by the age of 42, a young person who experiences frequent unemployment can expect to earn 12-15 per cent less than average. Is this right? Read
Chris Grayling wrote in the Telegraph yesterday responding to criticism of the Government's work experience programme. He claimed that nearly 20,000 young people had been taken off benefits after placements organised by Job Centre Plus. Is he right? Read
The Centre for Social Justice has released a report into the transferable tax allowance (or "marriage tax break") proposed by the Conservatives at the last election. But would it be more effective than raising the income tax threshold to £10,000? Read
Last Friday the Tabloid Watch blog monitored a dispute between the Daily Mail and the BBC. The Mail had published an article on Wednesday criticising the BBC, writing that: "Half … Read
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