Tube ticket offices used more than claimed
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Laura O’Brien
Economy, Business & Finance
How much help is Help to Work?
Today Employment minister Esther McVey claimed that the pilot for the government's new Help to Work scheme had meant people had worked an extra 9-11 days. We looked into the figures. Read
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Health
Are more women overdue for a cervical smear?
Figures from Labour on the number of women overdue for a cervical screening test made headlines today. We look into the trends. Read
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Care cases: are they taking less time to get through court?
As reforms to the family justice system come into force today, Justice Minister Simon Hughes said the time courts were taking to deal with care proceedings had fallen from above 50 weeks to 33 weeks. We looked into the source of the claim. Read
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Health
NHS infections: do 'filthy' hospitals cause 5,000 deaths a year?
The Daily Mail has claimed that one in 16 patients pick up infections due to dirty hospitals, and that these infections cause 5,000 deaths a year. We look into the available data. Read
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Education
Are England's pupils the world's worst behaved?
A Daily Mail headline claimed that England's pupils are the worst behaved in the world. We looked into the evidence behind the article. Read
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Health
When it comes to surveys, significance and bias are separate issues
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A fuller picture of diversity in the civil service
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Immigration
Net migration was bigger than we thought
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Economy, Business & Finance
House building is at a low
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