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In June 2016 three quarters of Labour MPs in the House of Commons supported a vote of no confidence in Mr Corbyn. He was re-elected as Labour leader by the wider party, winning 61.8% of the vote. Read
Europe
The latest estimate for the size of the UK’s ‘divorce bill’ with the EU is £33 billion. Read
Health
The proportion of NHS spending going to private providers is growing year on year. Read
Health
In January there were 7,100 people in hospital at the end of the month who were medically fit to leave but weren't discharged. Across the whole month there were 197,000 delayed days. Read
Health
There were 1.2 million over 65s who experienced difficulty with basic tasks such as eating and washing, according to Age UK. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The Conservatives have introduced a two-child cap on Child Tax Credit, which includes an exception for conception during non-consensual sex or sex in an abusive relationship. Read
Crime
Not according to the best figures we have, although there are other indications that there might have been a recent uptick. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
We don’t know how many people use food banks in total. The Trussell Trust, which is estimated to run around half of all food banks in the UK, says it had around 560,000 people using its services. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Latest figures suggest two million pensioners are in relative poverty, but the rate is much lower than it was decades ago. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Research by a number of think tanks has found that the average pensioner income, after housing costs have been included, is now above that of the average person of working age. Read
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