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Health
According to a 2004 survey for the Department of Health one in 10 children have a mental disorder. More up-to-date research is to be published in 2018. Read
Crime
HM Inspectorate of Prisons found that 47% of people in young offender institutions said they were black, Asian or minority ethnic in 2015/16. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The Social Mobility Commission says the attainment gap is narrowing, meaning that poorer pupils’ results are getting closer to those of their wealthier classmates. But there’s more to the story. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The new benefit cap is introduced on 7 November 2016. We look whether it affects single mothers, large families and those with higher rents more than others. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The Institute for Fiscal Studies said that the benefit cap used to almost exclusively affect families with a lot of children or high rents, but not any more. Read
Health
23% of doctors and 17% of all doctors and nurses at Great Ormond Street hospital reported they were from the EU in 2015. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Since 2013 the number of disabled people in work has increased by just under half a million. Under the current government the number of disabled people in the UK in work has increased by around 100,00 Read
Health
Around three quarters of maternity units reported not having any consultants present overnight on weekdays, according to a survey by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The Committee on Climate Change has said that the government can meet its emissions targets and build a third runway at Heathrow, but only if strict criteria are followed. The Committee also called on Read
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
