Head of Research (former)
Amid today's announcement by Business Secretary Vince Cable of plans to ban "exclusivity clauses" in zero-hour contracts, the familiar question of how many contracts there are re-emerged. There are about … Read
In an opinion column for the Mirror this morning, associate editor Kevin Maguire claimed that behind the "jobs miracle" of the current government lay a "giant con". Behind the two … Read
"If the coverage is on the radio, I recommend sticking your fingers in your ears and loudly saying 'la-la-la' to yourself". So has said statistician Professor David Spiegelhalter from the … Read
Today's Guardian claimed that new funding rules brought in by the Department for Education for academies and free schools could stop conservative Muslims from becoming trustees: "The document gives for … Read
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
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
