Head of Research (former)
Education
The Department of Education yesterday announced the approval of a further 38 free schools. Now totaling 331 open or approved free schools, the Department has said these schools are twice … Read
On the weekly Call Clegg session on LBC radio this morning, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg was asked for a reaction to reports this morning that numbers in poverty have … Read
The Telegraph reported this morning that house prices have risen to ten times the average salary, which could make it "almost impossible for first-time buyers without access to the 'bank … Read
Health
We factchecked whether migrants will now be paying for the NHS. Read
Europe
It was claimed on last week's Question Time that unlike the UK, Wales is a net beneficiary of the EU. But it's not as straightforward a calculation. Read
Following the latest employment statistics released yesterday, the Conservative party took to Twitter to claim they showed the highest rise in the number of people in work since 1971. Read
Last week the Prime Minister repeated a claim that "inequality is at its lowest level since the 80s". Read
The LSE has said of statistics: "if you can quantify the uncertainty … you have gone a long way towards understanding what is going on." Government statisticians have been thinking about how to put that into practice. Read
A 5p charge on disposable bags was one of the measures widely expected in the Queen's speech at today's opening of Parliament. Do we use 8 billion of them a year, as the Daily Mail said? Read
It was reported on BBC Radio 4 Today this morning that government proposals to introduce specific restrictions for young drivers have been scrapped (apart from in Northern Ireland)... Read
