Economy, Business & Finance
Councils in London spend more per head
From 2012/13 to 2014/15, English councils outside London spent about 35% less per head than those in the capital. Read
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Richard Braham
Economy, Business & Finance
The cost of cutting corporation tax
It could reduce the government’s income, but we haven’t seen estimates for the overall effect. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
What’s the link between membership of the single market and lower wages?
Whatever the answer is, it won’t be simple. Read
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Europe
UK wealth: how much is owned by the 1%?
Even though it’s tricky to estimate what people own, especially the very rich, the claim that 1% of the UK population own 50% of its wealth isn’t supported by the estimates we’ve seen. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
21% of UK electricity comes from nuclear
In 2015, the nuclear industry supplied about 21% of the UK’s energy overall. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Age, motherhood and the gender pay gap
We’ve seen evidence that the pay gap gets bigger when women become mothers, but they don’t seem to have a clear advantage before then. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Best laid plans... for reducing the deficit
The deficit did fall while the Coalition was in power, but not by as much as originally planned. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
UK development aid spending
The aid budget is going up by a lot, but it isn’t set to have "more than doubled" from 2010-2020. Read
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Immigration
Immigrants learning English
It’s true that older immigrants make up a disproportionate number of those who have poor English, although they’re still in a small minority. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Robots and the future of your job
The Bank of England has estimated that 15 million jobs in the UK could be automated over the next few decades, equivalent to just under half the jobs in the UK right now. Read
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