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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Health
Social care funding
The Prime Minister and Leader of the Opposition clashed over social care spending at PMQs today. We’ve investigated. Read
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Immigration
Immigrants learning English
It’s true that older immigrants make up a disproportionate number of those who have poor English, although they’re still in a small minority. Read
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Education
Mixed evidence on the link between term time holidays and attainment
Department for Education research shows a link between missing school and lower pupil attainment, but this isn’t the case for all types of absence. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Robots and the future of your job
The Bank of England has estimated that 15 million jobs in the UK could be automated over the next few decades, equivalent to just under half the jobs in the UK right now. Read
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Health
Deaths following childbirth
Suicide overtakes other causes of death between six weeks and one year after delivery, when it accounts for 15% of deaths - more than any other pregnancy-related cause. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Corporation tax: UK vs USA
US corporation tax rates are about 39%, on average according to the OECD, so about twice that paid in the UK. Read
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Europe
Article 50 and EU budget payments
The UK is still a member of the European Union pending exit negotiations, so budget contributions will continue. Read
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Europe
About 1 in 7 German cars are sold in the UK
Germany sells about 14% of all the passenger cars it makes domestically to the UK, a little over one in seven. (That makes up about 18% of the passenger cars it exports, a little under one in five). Read
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Health
How many NHS trusts are in deficit?
In the third quarter of 2015/16 around 95% of acute NHS trusts were in deficit. But by the end of 2015/16 it was 65% of all NHS trusts, of which 75% were acute trusts. Read
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