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Economy, Business & Finance
With the referendum on Scottish independence just over a month away, the UK and Scottish governments have clashed over what will happen to people's energy bills. Read
Ahead of the Scottish independence referendum in September, the not-insubstantial matter of which currency Scotland would have remains starkly unresolved. The UK government reiterated its position this weekend. Topping its … Read
An independent Scotland would have four main options for a currency: keeping the pound in a currency union with the UK, keeping the pound informally without a union, adopting the … Read
This graph shows how next time you read about rises or falls in 'real wages', you'd be well justified in asking "by whose measure?" Taking average weekly earnings estimates from … Read
Headlines alone don't often do serious research justice, but it's a rarer sight to see two papers directly contradict each other as the Times and Independent did this morning: Times: … Read
The latest employment figures are out: employment is rising and unemployment is falling, continuing the general trend for the past two years. But people's wages aren't keeping pace with rising … Read
We've been following up on our recent factcheck of claims that hundreds of hospital patients are being "kicked out" of their beds overnight. It's suspected that many of these patients … Read
Economy, Business & Finance
An article in the New Statesman claimed that the number of young people on JSA has risen since the election. It hasn't: Labour's figures actually apply to long-term claimants. Read
Last week Ofcom published its latest research looking at our attitudes to the broadcast media, including where we get our news from. One graph was a little hard to handle: … Read
For the first time in almost six years, Immigration has topped the list of issues people see as the most important facing Britain today, beating the economy into second place. … Read
