Health
Social care funding
The Prime Minister and Leader of the Opposition clashed over social care spending at PMQs today. We’ve investigated. Read
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Need to Know
Full Fact is launching a project with the people who fund and produce public information in the UK to see if we can fill the gaps in data and analysis. Read
Comment
Immigration
Immigrants learning English
It’s true that older immigrants make up a disproportionate number of those who have poor English, although they’re still in a small minority. Read
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Education
Mixed evidence on the link between term time holidays and attainment
Department for Education research shows a link between missing school and lower pupil attainment, but this isn’t the case for all types of absence. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Robots and the future of your job
The Bank of England has estimated that 15 million jobs in the UK could be automated over the next few decades, equivalent to just under half the jobs in the UK right now. Read
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BBC Question Time, factchecked
We factchecked claims about Article 50 and the EU budget, German car exports, NHS trusts, deaths after pregnancy and corporate tax rates. Read
Analysis
Health
Deaths following childbirth
Suicide overtakes other causes of death between six weeks and one year after delivery, when it accounts for 15% of deaths - more than any other pregnancy-related cause. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Corporation tax: UK vs USA
US corporation tax rates are about 39%, on average according to the OECD, so about twice that paid in the UK. Read
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Europe
Article 50 and EU budget payments
The UK is still a member of the European Union pending exit negotiations, so budget contributions will continue. Read
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Europe
About 1 in 7 German cars are sold in the UK
Germany sells about 14% of all the passenger cars it makes domestically to the UK, a little over one in seven. (That makes up about 18% of the passenger cars it exports, a little under one in five). Read
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