Health
Second-hand smoke: what is the impact on children in England?
MPs are due to vote on a ban on smoking in a car containing anyone under the age of 18. How many children are affected, and what is the impact on their health? Read
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Health
MPs are due to vote on a ban on smoking in a car containing anyone under the age of 18. How many children are affected, and what is the impact on their health? Read
Crime
The reputation of crime statistics has taken a few knocks of late, after a committee of MPs heard evidence that figures were often deliberately manipulated to under-report certain crimes. Rape … Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The Coalition and Labour have clashed on spending commitments after the next election. But are Labour set for a £25 billion spending spree as the Times suggests? Read
Health
Yesterday's decision by the House of Lords to back a Labour amendment that would ban adults from smoking in a car when children are present was big news this morning, … Read
Health
What do a government department, a charity, a Royal College and a journal paper all have in common? They've all quoted the same, widely used statistic: one in four people … Read
Economy, Business & Finance
With the business policy of both Labour and the Coalition under the microscope, the Prime Minister today trumpeted the government's record of supporting small business growth by reducing the burden placed upon them by regulations. Read
Health
OPINION: Police crime statistics and figures for hospital waiting times can't be relied upon, we've learned in the past two weeks. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The "cost of living crisis" has been the hot topic in politics for the past few months, but is it all an illusion? Today the government said that, despite Labour claims to the contrary, wages are rising faster than prices. Do the facts bear this out? Read
Health
The Mail this week claimed that half of us have ever been depressed: twice what official estimates suggest. But can we rely on its sources? Read
Immigration
"UK-born nationals account for 92.6% of the rise in employment in the past year" might not be as good a soundbite as "nine out of 10 jobs are now going to Britons", but it is at least accurate. Read
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