Head of Research (former)
Immigration
Sir Stephen Nickell has said that restricting access to benefits wouldn't have much impact on EU immigration, Iain Duncan Smith says it would. Read
Education
Research has found that people leaving teaching roles in state schools are leaving for on average lower paid jobs. It didn't look at why this was. Read
Health
It's correct that 98% of junior doctors who voted on the issue backed a strike, but not that 98% of all junior doctors voted to strike. Read
Education
The Education Secretary has claimed that 120,000 more six year olds are on track to become confident readers as a result of the focus on phonics. Read
Education
The Business Secretary has claimed there's no evidence of a big drop-off rate in apprenticeships. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
There's been some confusion over what MPs voted against last month regarding the so-called "tampon tax". Read
Crime
TalkTalk Group's CEO claimed on Radio 4 Today that 9 in 10 major businesses experienced a cyber-attack in the last year. That's an uncertain figure. Read
Education
Research is mixed on whether there's underlying racial bias in admissions to Russell Group universities. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The ethnic group your name is associated with does have an impact on the likelihood of your success in job applications, according to research from 2009. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The industry body Oil & Gas UK's latest estimate is 375,000 jobs. These figures are uncertain and don't just include direct employment in the industry. Read
