Fact checks
Sinéad Boultwood
Economy, Business & Finance
Is child and pensioner poverty rising?
There are lots of ways to measure poverty. Some show that child and pensioner poverty have increased slightly in recent years, but others show it has been stable or fallen. Read
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Education
1.8m more pupils in good or outstanding schools
Schools’ Ofsted performance is improving and more pupils are in schools rated good or outstanding by its inspectors. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
“Average working families” and the Budget
This week’s Budget won’t make “average working families” £1,400 worse off, although that’s roughly the right ballpark for the long-term impact of tax and benefit changes. Read
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Health
Nursing training places
We don’t know yet how changes to NHS bursaries will affect the number of places universities offer. Read
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Filibustering in parliament
MPs can take as much debate time as they like so long as they stay on topic. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Increasing the state pension age
Changes to the state pension age mean women born in the 1950s will retire later than they expected. Read
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Health
Fewer doctors and nurses working in mental health
There are fewer nurses and doctors specialising in mental health now than in 2010. Read
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Health
A £2.5 billion shortfall in social care funding?
The Local Government Association, and several other expert groups, predict a significant gap in funding for adult social care by 2020. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
No longer partying all night
According to an industry database, half the nightclubs in Great Britain have closed down in the past decade. Read
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