Economy, Business & Finance
Are Britain's richest families worth more than the poorest 20%?
We look into today's reports on wealth and income inequality in the UK. Read
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Crime
Domestic violence: do 19 in 20 abusers escape conviction?
The Sun and others reported today on the extent of domestic violence in England. But do 19 out of 20 "abusers" escape justice? Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Zero-hours contracts: do new figures show a sharp rise in their use?
With a wide range of estimates available on the number of people working on zero-hours contracts, do new figures show that the total doubled in 2013? Read
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Health
Nurses in the NHS: up or down?
The Prime Minister claims there are 2,000 more nurses than at the election. Labour claims they've fallen in number. There's more to the figures than meets the eye. Read
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Health
Getting higher: drug use among the middle-aged
The Mail reports a growing number of over-40s are taking illegal drugs. What do the figures say? Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Is the Universal Credit roll-out costing £190,000 per claimant?
The government has claimed that its flagship welfare reform policy could save the taxpayer as much as £38 billion over the next decade, but today a Labour Treasury spokesperson said that it was in fact costing £190,000 per claimant Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
How crucial to Scottish public spending are reliable oil and gas receipts?
The future of North Sea oil and gas has been the unknown factor underpinning many disagreements between the Yes and No camps in the Scottish independence debate. So just how vital is it to the amount of money that would be available to a sovereign Scottish government? Read
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Europe
Does Brussels influence 70% of UK law?
Last week a number of outlets reported that 70% of our laws are influenced by Brussels. Read
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Europe
Does Europe account for half of the world's welfare spending?
With Europe and welfare reform both topics at the top of the political agenda at the moment, Chancellor George Osborne used his speech to Open Europe this week to claim that European countries "can't go on" spending the amounts they do on social protection. Read
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Europe
New Year's resolution #3: I will not repeat inaccurate claims
As Oscar Wilde might have said had he jacked in the play writing and become a factchecker, "to make a mistake once is unfortunate, to make it twice looks like … Read
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