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27 February 2013

Economy, Business & Finance

Are 13,000 millionaires getting a £100,000 tax cut?

Today the Labour party splashed a giant clock over its website - the 'countdown' to April 6th when, the party claims, 13,000 millionaires will get a £100,000 tax cut. How did they work this out? Read

Analysis
27 February 2013

Education

Is Oxford University biased against ethnic minorities?

According to the Guardian, admission figures obtained via FOI show 'institutional bias' against ethnic minorities applying to study at Oxford University. But is this strictly an Oxford issue? Read

Analysis
26 February 2013

Economy, Business & Finance

Statistics watchdog queries Miliband unemployment claims

The Chair of the UK Statistics Authority Andrew Dilnot has today written to Labour Leader Ed Miliband over his claim in the Sun newspaper that in Europe "only crisis-hit Spain … Read

Analysis
22 February 2013

Crime

Are juries too stupid for justice?

Following the collapse of Vicky Pryce's trial earlier this week, and the revealing details of the questions asked of the judge by the jury, a debate over the merit of trial by jury has entered the mainstream. Read

Analysis
22 February 2013

Economy, Business & Finance

Is tax evasion and avoidance costing the taxpayer £25bn per year?

While BBC Question Time panelists debated the size of the welfare bill, the show's extra guest claimed it was small change compared to the scale of tax evasion and avoidance. So how much money is lost to the Treasury this way? Read

Analysis
20 February 2013

Economy, Business & Finance

Does Belgium trade more with India than the UK does?

With the Prime Minister beating the drum for British business on the Indian sub-continent, do we really lag behind Belgium in terms of our trade links with India? Read

Analysis
18 February 2013

Health

Can breastfeeding save lives?

This week the papers reported that breastfeeding within an hour of birth could save 95 babies per hour, 830,000 a year globally. Are these figures sound? And would they apply to UK children? Read

Analysis

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