Health
The government estimates that it costs £230,000 overall to get the average student through medical school. “The taxpayer” doesn’t pay for all of this because some comes in student loans. Read
Europe
The EU has 48 trade agreements with other countries, which go beyond World Trade Organisation rules. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Inflation is at a two year high, but saying that it’s “soaring” is a bit of a stretch. Read
Crime
After the referendum, there was a sharp increase in the number of hate crimes that were recorded by the police. Read
Health
Perhaps £11.7 billion was spent on mental health in 2014/15, or perhaps not. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
It’s correct that the IMF has said that in 2015 the pound was overvalued by between 5 and 20%. But it’s open to debate whether it’s undervalued right now. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
A ‘Hard Brexit’ would see 80,000 fewer jobs in Scotland than EU membership, according to one set of figures. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
140,000 people are employed by Japanese-owned companies in the UK, according to estimates from the Japanese government. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Don’t confuse the estimated cost of Brexit to GDP with the cost to tax revenues. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The average forecast for UK GDP growth this year was the same September as in June, despite the UK voting to leave the EU. But that’s not the whole story. Read
