Economy, Business & Finance
The pound has fallen in value since the Brexit vote
The UK had the third-slowest GDP growth in the EU in the last year, and the value of the pound has fallen by 12% against the Euro since May 2016. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
The UK had the third-slowest GDP growth in the EU in the last year, and the value of the pound has fallen by 12% against the Euro since May 2016. Read
The Bank of England's new visual summary is aimed squarely at an everyday audience. There are bite-sized pieces of information, no jargon, and the sentences are short. Read
Education
Real-terms per pupil funding for schools stayed at roughly the same level from 2010/11 to 2015/16, and fell after that. Since 2017/18 it has flattened out. Read
Health
In December 2017, a non-EEA junior doctor needed to be earning £55,000 in order to get a visa for the UK. Read
Crime
It’s impossible to know how many false allegations of rape are made, but the evidence suggests that proven cases are rare. 3-4% of allegations is a reasonable estimate. Read
We've factchecked claims on: the number of women killed by their partners, the number of rapes that go to trial, and the number of rape allegations that are false. Read
Crime
Around one in ten rapes or attempted rapes reported to police in England and Wales are brought to trial. Read
Crime
Just under half of all women killed were killed by their partners or ex-partners, according to the latest official statistics for England and Wales in 2015/16. Read
You’re legally a child until the age of 18, but the minimum legal age is 16 for some things. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Computers aren't getting better than humans at reading. “Even elementary school reading comprehensions are harder” than the test computers passed, says the test’s creator. Read
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