Economy, Business & Finance
Do women earn less than men in the UK?
In 2017, the median hourly wage for women working full time was about 9.1% less than the median hourly wage for men (excluding overtime). That’s £1.32 less per hour. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
In 2017, the median hourly wage for women working full time was about 9.1% less than the median hourly wage for men (excluding overtime). That’s £1.32 less per hour. Read
Exact figures are hard to come by, but it seems correct to say that there are 10 times as many refugees in Lebanon as in the UK. Read
Giacomo Boscaini-Gilroy, a student from Imperial University London, tells us about his first week at Full Fact. He's working on a pioneering project: automated factchecking Read
Crime
New figures this week show almost six million incidents of fraud and cybercrime in England and Wales, which previously weren't measured by the Crime Survey. Read
Europe
We've seen conflicting figures on turnout among young people in the EU referendum. No polls are definitive, but the young do seem less likely to have voted. Read
It's correct that there have been almost as many armed forces deaths on training as in Iraq, although not all could necessarily have been prevented. Read
Europe
The cost of EU membership was a major issue during the referendum. Now that we've voted to leave, joining Norway in the EEA is one option. That costs, too. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
We've looked into claims from Prime Minister's Questions on young people owning homes, employment, honour-based crime and the social background of MPs. Read
Health
How much will the government spend on health in England over the next few years? Read
Matt Jukes, part of the team that has successfully transformed the ONS website, is leaving ONS Digital. Read
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