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Mobile roaming fees could be back after Brexit
After Brexit, the UK will no longer be subject to EU laws which prohibit mobile roaming fees within the EU. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
11% of UK engineers are women
There are an estimated 48,000 women working in engineering professions compared to 400,000 men. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
32,000 people work in the British steel industry
32,000 people worked in steel in 2016. More than half of these jobs are in Wales, and Yorkshire and Humber. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
There are 1.1 million more homes in England since 2010
217,000 homes were added to the overall housing stock in England in 2016/17, the second highest amount in the last 26 years. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Social housing stock has fallen over the last 30 years
The proportion of people living in social housing halved between the early 1980s and early 2010s, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies. Read
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Factchecking campaigning leaflets on abortion
Abortion became legal in certain circumstances in Britain in 1968. There have been 8.7 million recorded abortions since then. Read
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Europe
Small businesses and Brexit
Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn clashed on small businesses and Brexit negotiations. We factchecked their claims. Read
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Europe
Over half of UK exports were via EU trade agreements in 2016
Just over half of UK exports were done via EU trade agreements in 2016. 43% of exports went to EU member states. Read
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Europe
Deja-EU referendum?
In January Nigel Farage said that he feared we may have to have a second EU referendum. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
About 15% of the UK’s electricity comes from wind
Over a quarter of the UK’s electricity is coming from wind at the height of the winter snow, but usually it accounts for 15% across the UK. Read
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