Explainers and other analysis to deal with misunderstood topics and translate complexity into clarity.
Reporting yesterday on the release of the General Medical Council's (GMC's) new guidance for doctors on reporting child abuse, the Guardian cited some interesting statistics on the rising number of … Read
After a Conservative MP close to the Prime Minister suggested that benefits for pensioners should be means-tested, we look into how much money really goes to pensioners' benefits and what the savings are likely to be. Read
Former Conservative MP Ann Widdecombe hit out recently over rumours that MPs could be given a four-day week. But do British MPs sit in the House of Commons more often than other Western legislatures? Read
Crime
Arguments about the impact of Government policy on the men and women of the police force are one of the more well-trodden beats for Home Secretary Theresa May and her … Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Immigration is inevitably a contentious issue, both in terms of fact-checking and policy-making. Full Fact has had to look at several immigration-related claims, and has found that publicly-available data on … Read
Nick Clegg faced a harsh grilling in the House of Commons today in a much-anticipated debate over House of Lords reform. But are there really eight times as many nonagenarians as there are members under 40? Read
Health
Health Secretary Andrew Lansley and his Labour shadow Andy Burnham this week disagreed about what Accident and Emergency waiting time data was actually telling us. So what do the figures show? Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Earlier this year the Guardian ran an editorial attempting to debunk a 'convenient untruth' - the belief that there are potentially thousands of 'never-worked' families living on what have been … Read
MPs will today debate what form the proposed inquiry into the banking practices will take, after the recently-deposed Barclays' chief executive Bob Diamond brought a political dimension to the Libor … Read
This article was written by YouGov's Anthony Wells and originally published on the UK Polling Report site. He has kindly allowed us to feature it here. 1) Don't report Voodoo … Read
