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28 November 2014

Economy, Business & Finance

Salmond censured for stats claim

Alex Salmond has been strongly reprimanded by the UK Statistics Authority (UKSA) for claiming that Chancellor George Osborne had "managed to inflate the UK growth figures" by pressuring the Office … Read

Analysis
21 November 2014

Economy, Business & Finance

How borrowing can be up, and down

Another set of government deficit figures, another round of confusing coverage. We outline what different the different measures mean, and which is best to use. Read

Analysis
19 November 2014

Economy, Business & Finance

Factcheck: Is child poverty down?

One claim from today's Prime Minister's Questions drew particular criticism this afternoon: "child poverty is down"— David Cameron In fact, many of the responses on Twitter claimed the exact opposite. … Read

Fact check
17 November 2014

Education

Factcheck: Do formal interventions in schools work?

A National Audit Office report has been interpreted as showing that underperforming schools are more likely to improve if they don't receive any formal intervention. However, the data and methods of analysis are not strong enough to support this conclusion. Read

Analysis

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