Economy, Business & Finance
Energy bills under the Conservatives
The Committee on Climate Change has said that household bills in 2016 were lower than they were in 2008, due to reductions in energy use. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
The Committee on Climate Change has said that household bills in 2016 were lower than they were in 2008, due to reductions in energy use. Read
Full Fact takes a look at the big changes to employment law since 2010. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The Conservatives have said that Labour plans to increase the basic rate of income tax to 25%, but that’s not the case. Labour said it won’t raise income tax for those earning less than £80,000. Read
BBC Question Time on 25 May featured a lot of discussion about the government’s Prevent strategy. But what is Prevent? Read
TPIMs, internment and Control Orders: how the government has tried to control terror suspects. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The Conservative government hasn’t redefined child poverty, in terms of changing what’s counted or how it’s counted. But it did change the target. Read
Health
Readers have asked us to look into claims about the Naylor Review and its recommendations on selling NHS land. Read
Crime
The number of armed police officers has fallen by about 700 since 2010, but numbers are currently on the rise. Read
Education
The number of teachers that are leaving is growing slowly, especially in particular regions. But the numbers aren’t as high as recent surveys of teacher intentions would suggest. Read
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