Health Editor
Economy, Business & Finance
The most recent data shows that 15% of households that use Trussell Trust foodbanks include at least one person with some work or employment income. Read
Health
NHS England told us that new guidelines on collecting information on the sexual orientation of patients aren’t compulsory. Read
Health
Around 4,000 women living in Ireland and Northern Ireland came to England and Wales for an abortion in 2016. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
According to 2010 research by the Department for Work and Pensions, 1.4 million people were on out of work benefits in nine of the last ten years. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The Universal Credit helpline cost up to 9p a minute from a landline and between 3p and 55p per minute from a mobile. The helpline is now being made freephone. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
52% of businesses surveyed by Lloyd’s Bank in June were struggling to recruit skilled labour. Read
Education
Students from a disadvantaged background in Scotland are roughly half as likely to go to university as those from England. That said, comparing the figures for Scotland and England is tricky. Read
Crime
The number of young offenders has fallen to a record low, but the proportion of BAME young offenders in custody has risen over the last ten years. Read
Health
What does a crude search for articles containing both NHS and “winter crisis” in a newspaper database tell us about use of the term? Read
Education
Higher tuition fees don’t seem to have affected the longer-term trend of more disadvantaged students going to university. Read
