Education
Do only one in six pupils take a core academic subject?
Thousands of young people across the country will receive their GCSE results this week. But how many took core academic subjects? Read
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Health
Are we the STI capital of Europe?
Using London 2012 as an opportunity to discuss safe sex, a spokesperson for the Terence Higgins Trust bestowed upon London the envious title of "STI capital of Europe". But how do we compare to other European countries? Read
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Are charity closures undermining Cameron's Big Society?
Today the Mirror suggested that the latest figures on charity closures had dealt a blow to the Government's vision of a 'Big Society', but is this a reasonable assessment? Read
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Did 2011 see the most working days lost to strikes in decades?
Today the Daily Mail reported that 2011 saw the most days lost to industrial action in decades but will the stats back up the claim? Read
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Are 4 in 5 people seeking full time work finding jobs?
The Work and Pensions Secretary, Iain Duncan Smith, this morning praised the encouraging figures offered in the latest employment statistics. But did he go too far in painting such a positive picture? Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Are employers turning to migrants because British youths are 'too lazy to work'?
Today the Daily Mail and the Daily Star both reported that firms were turning to foreign workers to meet their demand for labour as 'young people in Britain just don't want to work'. But what are the facts behind the claims? Read
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Is the jury still out on 20 mph zones?
Over the weekend the Sun, BBC and others reported on recently released road accident statistics from the Department for Transport (DfT). Their headlines made for grim reading: "CONTROVERSIAL 20mph speed … Read
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Are adoptions on the decline?
A blog in the Independent this morning joined the masses commenting on adoption statistics. But has the number of children in care risen by nearly eight percent, compared to a decrease in the number of adoptions? Read
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Did the number of young people doing at least two hours sport per week increase dramatically under Labour?
With the London Olympics now over, the debate over the Games's legacy looks set to take over. The Shadow Education Secretary recently claimed that the number of young people doing at least two hours of sport per week increased from 1/4 to 9/10 under Labour. Is this right? Read
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Health
Could a patient's postcode affect the quality of cancer care?
Commentating on the quality of NHS cancer care, the Daily Mail claimed that a suspected cancer patient living in one part of England could be 60 times more likely to be sent for a scan than a patient living in another part. Full Fact scans the facts. Read
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