Economy, Business & Finance
Six million jobs pay below the living wage
Six million jobs were paid at below the living wage in 2014, according to ONS figures. But that doesn't mean six million individual workers were. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Six million jobs were paid at below the living wage in 2014, according to ONS figures. But that doesn't mean six million individual workers were. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Jeremy Corbyn has said upcoming changes to tax credits will cost working families £1,300 next year. We've taken a look at how that figure was arrived at. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
At the moment it's possible for some types of working households to get over £10,000 in in-work benefits, including people from the European Economic Area. Read
Health
Rising costs have caused NHS England to remove some drugs from the Cancer Drugs Fund, which could soon be replaced by a new system. Read
Health
Have NHS waiting times got better or worse in the last few years? It depends which measure you're looking at. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Jeremy Corbyn claims child poverty went up by half a million under the last government. It's up by one measure, but down by another. Read
Crime
It's claimed spending cuts could mean 22,000 fewer police officers in England and Wales. Would that put police numbers at their lowest since the 1970s? Read
Health
NHS trusts faced an overall deficit of £830 million in 2014/15 and this is expected to rise to around £2 billion this year. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Some of the £1bn cost could be incurred anyway without the policy, and the figure rests on a lot of uncertainty. Other estimates even suggest higher costs. Read
Health
It's claimed that better NHS care at weekends—the "7-day NHS"—could save 3,000 lives, or 6,000, or somewhere in between. In reality, nobody really knows. Read