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26 June 2013

Economy, Business & Finance

Youth apprenticeships: is the government pulling its weight?

Youth apprenticeships are down by 12% and the Government's apprenticeships budget is languishing unspent: so said Labour MP Tristram Hunt in Parliament this week. Full Fact checks it out. Read

Analysis
24 June 2013

Immigration

Visa bonds: are "high risk" tourists being targeted?

Later this year visitors from certain countries will be forced to pay for a "visa bond" on arrival in the UK. The Government claims this will prevent abuse of the immigration system. Which countries have been designated as "high risk", and what's the evidence behind the policy? Read

Fact checks
24 June 2013

Education

Overcrowded classrooms: bad and getting worse?

More bad news for parents: today we hear that the number of infant school classrooms holding more than 30 children had trebled in the past five years. Here's why. Read

Analysis
21 June 2013

Health

The National Harm Service? Do NHS blunders cause 8 deaths a day?

The Health Secretary says that too many patients are still suffering "unacceptable" harm at the hands of the NHS. It is, he says, a "silent scandal" that his Government is determined to expose. Just how safe are our hospitals? Read

Analysis
19 June 2013

Economy, Business & Finance

Are bankers' bonuses soaring?

As David Cameron and Ed Miliband took to their despatch boxes for another round of Prime Minister's Questions today, bankers' bonuses were high on the agenda. So what's happening to paychecks in the City? Read

Analysis
18 June 2013

Education

Are Free Schools being built in areas of need?

As Labour's Shadow Education Secretary announces his party's new "No School Left Behind" policy - we look at whether the Government has been encouraging the creation of new free schools where there's already a surplus of places available. Read

Analysis
18 June 2013

Crime

Is possessing child pornography treated as a minor offence?

As the Government tries to persuade internet providers to adopt a 'zero tolerance' approach to child abuse images online, the Daily Mail argues that those who download the material aren't feeling the full force of the law. Is this the case? Read

Analysis

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