Education
Free school meals and Universal Credit
The criteria for receiving free school meals is changing Read
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Hannah Phaup
Economy, Business & Finance
The UK is one of the three largest economies in the EU
The UK is the EU’s second largest economy after Germany, or third after Germany and France, depending on the measure of GDP you look at. Read
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Fewer votes in parliament: Aye or no?
There have been fewer votes in Parliament since the 2017 election than the same period after each election since 1997. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
11% of UK engineers are women
There are an estimated 48,000 women working in engineering professions compared to 400,000 men. Read
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Europe
Small businesses and Brexit
Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn clashed on small businesses and Brexit negotiations. We factchecked their claims. Read
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Europe
Deja-EU referendum?
In January Nigel Farage said that he feared we may have to have a second EU referendum. Read
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Education
Spending for adult skills fell by 40% between 2010 and 2015
This funding pays for “further education” such as classroom and workplace learning for people aged 19 and over. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Falsely claiming to live alone accounts for around 9% of benefit fraud
Benefit claimants saying they were single, when in fact they lived as a couple with another person, was probably the fourth most common type of benefit fraud in 2016/17. Read
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Health
Mental health during pregnancy
Around one in four pregnant mothers studied by King’s College London had a mental health disorder, but the study wasn’t designed to be representative of all pregnant women in the UK. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
The gender pay gap has been falling over time
The gender pay gap, measured by comparing median hourly earnings, is close to a record low level in the UK. Read
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