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The Coalition government introduced fees for employment tribunals. These can be repaid if cases are successful, but seem to have led to a big fall in number of people using employment tribunals. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The unemployment rate in Wales is 4.1%, lower than England, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Across the whole of the UK it’s 4.9%. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Just under half of rural properties can't access a good broadband connection, according to Ofcom. Read
Education
There are fewer secondary schools rated good or outstanding in the North of England and the Midlands compared to the South. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
It's correct that the number of FDI deals in the North has increased at double the rate of the rest of the country. But that doesn't tell us how much these deals are worth. Read
Education
Black Caribbean students are three times more likely to be permanently excluded from school than all children. They are also twice as likely to be excluded as all black students. Read
Health
The claim that the government is investing an extra £10 billion in the NHS, more than its leaders asked for, shouldn’t be taken at face value. Read
Education
A greater proportion of grammar schools are rated “outstanding” or “good” by Ofsted than the proportion of all UK state schools rated in these top two categories. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The number of children in a low-income family increased by 2% between 2013 and 2014, according to HMRC. That's back to roughly the same level as 2010. Read
Immigration
Home Office data makes it unclear exactly what it means to have an asylum application “on hold”. Read
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