Economy, Business & Finance
Public sector pay
How does council chief executive pay compare to that of MPs—and is it a fair comparison to begin with? Read
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Crime
What's happened to police budgets?
Police funding in England and Wales has fallen over the last five years, and is expected to stay flat over the next five. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Poverty in Wales
23% of people in Wales lived in a household where the income is below 60% of the UK median between 2013/14 and 2015/16. That’s including housing costs, and is roughly 700,000 people. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Wales’s fiscal deficit: the gap between tax and spend
There isn’t an official government estimate for the size of the deficit between government income and spending in Wales and it’s not simple to work out. Read
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Prime Minister's Questions, factchecked
We factchecked the Conservatives manifesto pledge on schools funding, whether there are more teachers with first class degrees and whether certain taxes have been cut. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Tax cuts: corporation tax, inheritance, capital gains and the bank levy
All four have had some cuts... but only two have been cut overall. Read
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Education
Teachers with first class degrees
Teacher numbers increased between 2010 and 2015. The proportion of postgraduate trainee teachers with first class degrees was increasing before 2015, but the figures since then aren’t completely compa Read
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Education
Schools funding: a manifesto breach?
The Prime Minister and Leader of the Opposition clash over whether the budget for English schools has been cut. Read
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Scottish independence and the law
Can Scotland legally hold another referendum? Read
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What would changing the law on abortion mean?
MPs have voted to change the law on abortion, as technically criminal prosecutions are possible unless doctors approve a termination. Read
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