BBC Question Time: Recap and Factcheck
On the panel this week were deputy chairman of the James Cleverly, shadow Keir Starmer, Nish Kumar, Michael Dobbs, and Zanny Minton Beddoes. Read
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Europe
What is the Irish backstop?
The “Irish backstop” is an insurance policy in UK-EU Brexit negotiations to ensure there is no hard border in Ireland. Read
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BBC Question Time: Recap and Factcheck
Question Time on 11 October 2018 came from Edinburgh. Topics covered included Universal Credit, Brexit and education in Scotland and the line-up included Kezia Dugdale, Mike Russell and Fraser Nelson. Read
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BBC Question Time: Recap and Factcheck
Question Time on October 5, 2018 came from Canary Wharf in London. Topics covered were austerity, immigration, knife crime and clapping being replaced with hand waving. Read
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Europe
There are lots of things wrong with this MP’s Brexit poll
Charlie Elphicke MP used a poll from his own Facebook page to show the “astonishing” popularity of a free trade deal. But polling like this is deeply flawed. Read
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Europe
The no deal papers: why no deal could mean lots of little deals on travel
What could no deal mean for UK-EU airline and bus routes, and airport security checks? Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
BBC Question Time: Recap and Factcheck
Question Time on 20 September 2018 came from the West Yorkshire town of Dewsbury. Topics covered included the Chequers deal, rail nationalisation, Islamophobia, and party conferences. Read
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Shifting boundaries: what would reducing the number of MPs mean?
There are proposals to reduce the number of MPs from 650 to 600 at the next election. We explain what impact this could have. Read
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How does a leadership contest in the Conservative Party work?
15% of Conservative MPs need to call for a vote of no confidence in the party leader: in which all Conservative MPs then vote for or against the leader. Read
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Immigration
EU immigrant workers in the UK: five things we learned
The independent Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) today released a report about the impacts of EU immigrant workers on the UK economy, and recommendations for how immigration policy should change. Read
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