Health Editor
Education
New figures have been reported showing almost a third of teachers leave state funded schools within five years of qualifying. The figures are correct, but they follow the historical trend. Read
Immigration
The UK has committed £36 million to “maintain security” in Calais. Some of this money will be used to close the ‘Jungle’ camp, but some is also being spent on border security and keeping child migrant Read
Immigration
There were 164,000 attempts to cross into the UK made between 2010 and 2015, although these figures don’t correspond to individual people. Read
Health
The government estimates that it costs £230,000 overall to get the average student through medical school. “The taxpayer” doesn’t pay for all of this because some comes in student loans. Read
Health
A London hospital has announced it will be asking women who receive maternity services to provide ID before treatment to determine whether they should be charged. Read
Immigration
Net migration in the UK was 327,000 in the year to March, roughly a city the size of Cardiff or Wakefield. It’s not at this level every year, but has been since 2015. Read
Education
A greater proportion of grammar schools are rated “outstanding” or “good” by Ofsted than the proportion of all UK state schools rated in these top two categories. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The number of children in a low-income family increased by 2% between 2013 and 2014, according to HMRC. That's back to roughly the same level as 2010. Read
Immigration
Home Office data makes it unclear exactly what it means to have an asylum application “on hold”. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
We’ve looked into claims made by Jeremy Corbyn in his speech at the Labour party conference. Read
