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Several papers commented upon new figures showing the duration and reason for various incapacity and disability benefit claims. But have they given us the full picture? Read
On Friday, the Daily Mail and the Daily Express reported that, on average, a third of the income of a retired household is being sucked away by the taxman. Overall, … Read
The Minister for Sport and Olympics has recently claimed that an additional 500,000 Britons have taken up cycling since the golden touch of GB's Cycling Team at the Beijing Olympics in 2008. But is this true? Read
It was claimed today that NHS employees took an average of 15 days off sick last year with ambulance staff being particularly prone to absence. This was juxtaposed with a claim that the average private sector worker misses just six days a year due to sickness. Do the facts support the claim? Read
Apparent carnage on the roads seems to come back to a rogue press release. Read
Tweeting his reaction to the release of the latest Labour Market Statistics, Ed Balls' political advisor claimed that the number of young people on the dole for more than a year has trebled since June last year. But is this an accurate report of the statistics? Read
The Labour Leader claims that some pension providers wipe out half the value of savers' pension pots by taking large admin fees. Where is the evidence of this? Read
Earlier this week the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) released new statistics on benefit claimants at risk of being affected by the Government's planned benefit cap. Due to take … Read
The publication of a report by the Government's 'Troubled Families Tsar' this morning has reopened old wounds about the scale and nature of the social problems caused by difficult households. … Read
With the latest road casualty figures from the Department for Transport hot off the presses, campaigners have made no delay in drawing conclusions about whether 20 mph zones and limits are effective at saving lives. But what does the evidence tell us? Read
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