Immigration
Counting the number of migrants in the Calais ‘jungle’
Officials and charities disagree over an extra 2,000 migrants in the Calais camp. We look at how both got their figures. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Help to Buy ISAs: do they work and were they mis-sold?
The Treasury hasn’t backtracked on Help to Buy ISAs, and they don’t just help people who already have the money to buy a house, contrary to some reports. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
What have bacon butties got to do with Brexit?
Contrary to one report, the vote to leave the EU hasn't pushed up retail prices for bacon. Read
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Diversity among judges: a mixed picture
Figures show that an increasing percentage of judges are female. The same goes for ethnic minorities, although the statistics don't make this clear. Read
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Health
Is there a shortage of maternal mental health services?
Figures show that 39% of CCGs have no community mental health provision for pregnant or new mothers. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Regional investment in transport: we don’t know exactly who gets what
There aren't figures that show exactly how much more transport investment is planned for London than the rest of the UK. Read
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The Olympic Games, factchecked
We looked into whether this was Team GB's best Olympics ever, how much funding it gets, and which sports UK athletes have won the most medals in. Read
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Crime
Reporting sexual offences in schools: an incomplete picture
Figures suggest sexual offences in schools have more than doubled over four years, but they are incomplete and don’t show the full picture across the UK. Read
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Supreme Court too costly for Labour members?
The Supreme Court said it would have cost £1,000 for an appeal in the Labour membership case to be heard. Normally, it would be more expensive. Read
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Murray wins a second gold, but he’s not the first
Andy Murray is the first to win two Olympic gold medals in singles tennis, but other men and women have won multiple gold medals. Read
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