Crime
Prisoners and reoffending: caught in the revolving door?
As the Justice Secretary Chris Grayling continues to promote his reforms to probation across the media, how widespread is reoffending across prisons in England and Wales? Read
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Crime
As the Justice Secretary Chris Grayling continues to promote his reforms to probation across the media, how widespread is reoffending across prisons in England and Wales? Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The Supreme Court this week delivered their judgement in a case brought to challenge the government's work experience schemes. What did the judges decide? Read
Immigration
A diverse group dispersed across Europe, there have been various estimates of how many Roma live in the UK. New research suggests that the migrant population from Central and Eastern Europe is far larger than previously suggested. How do we explain the range of numbers? Read
Representatives from some of the biggest energy companies answered to the Energy Select Committee this week following accusations that wholesale costs weren't rising as fast as consumers were led to believe by the companies' claims. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
While the Conservatives point to the fact that unemployment is falling, Labour argue that the jobs market is still weak. They say that since the 2010 election the number of people working part-time because they can't find a full time job has increased. Do they now account for a larger proportion of the workforce? Read
Economy, Business & Finance
With news on the economy having taken a turn for the better in recent months, can we really attribute a quarter of economic growth since May 2010 to the Olympic effect? Read
Europe
With Romanians and Bulgarians due to gain full working rights in the UK in a little over two months, several papers have suggested crime will accompany a "wave" of immigration. What is the basis for this? Read
Health
Spotlight on health tourism including who counts as a 'health tourist' and how much it's costing the UK. Read
Health
This week in the House of Commons there was disagreement on how many NHS trusts are forecasting a financial deficit. The Labour party claimed that it was close to half of trusts, while the Conservatives said the majority were due to run a surplus. Who is correct? Read
One viral message racking up the likes on Facebook and Twitter puts forward alarming estimates for the number of illegal immigrants, scroungers, criminals and crackheads. Do they stand up to scrutiny? Read
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