Economy, Business & Finance
Scottish jobs after Brexit
A ‘Hard Brexit’ would see 80,000 fewer jobs in Scotland than EU membership, according to one set of figures. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Japanese-owned companies in the UK
140,000 people are employed by Japanese-owned companies in the UK, according to estimates from the Japanese government. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Leaving the single market
Don’t confuse the estimated cost of Brexit to GDP with the cost to tax revenues. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Post-referendum predictions: have forecasts for the economy changed?
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
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Foreign Direct Investment in the North
It's correct that the number of FDI deals in the North has increased at double the rate of the rest of the country. But that doesn't tell us how much these deals are worth. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Wealth in the UK: The richest 1% and the poorest 20%
Oxfam claims that the richest 1% of UK wealth-holders own at least twenty-times more than the poorest 20%. That’s reasonable, but finding out what the wealthiest own is harder than you might expect. Read
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Education
Finland, Canada and South Korea rank highly for education
We've checked claims from this week's BBC Question Time on education systems across the world. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Apprenticeship funding: going up or down?
16-18 year olds could see a funding rate cut of between 30% and 50%, based on case studies of three of the most popular types of apprenticeships. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Help to Buy ISAs: do they work and were they mis-sold?
The Treasury hasn’t backtracked on Help to Buy ISAs, and they don’t just help people who already have the money to buy a house, contrary to some reports. Read
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What have bacon butties got to do with Brexit?
Contrary to one report, the vote to leave the EU hasn't pushed up retail prices for bacon. Read
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