Economy, Business & Finance
Productivity: are we keeping up with Germany?
No. On average German workers took four hours to produce what UK workers produced in five hours in 2016. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Is the UK economy in the relegation zone?
Our economy was the fastest growing in the G7 in 2014 but is now one of the worst performers, according to various experts. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Did badly-regulated bankers cause the recession?
Lots of things went wrong, but experts agree that regulation was one of them. Read
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What’s happened to fire services since 2010?
Firefighter numbers have decreased by 22% since 2010 and fire-related deaths have increased by 20% since last year. Read
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Has the government banned the term 'pregnant woman'?
The term 'pregnant woman' is not being banned by the government. It’s not even being discouraged. Read
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Health
Are nurses taking a second job to survive?
Nearly a quarter of respondents to a Royal College of Nursing survey said they had taken an additional job. We don’t know how representative this is of all nurses. Read
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Health
Is austerity linked to 120,000 unnecessary deaths?
A report estimates 120,000 more people have died since 2010 than would have if the mortality rate from 2001-10 had stayed the same. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Is unemployment the lowest it has been since 1975?
This is correct, as a percentage of all adults either working or looking for a job across the UK. Read
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Europe
Is the EU becoming less important to the world economy?
Although the EU’s GDP is growing, it is at a slower rate than the rest of the world’s. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Did 500,000 children need emergency food supplies last year?
The figure is about the number of three day emergency food supplies given out to children by the Trussell Trust last year—about 437,000—not the number of children who received them. Read
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