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22 October 2012

Crime

Were a quarter of prisoners in care as children?

The Prime Minister today promised a 'tough but intelligent' approach to tackling crime, but is the disparity between the proportion of offenders who grew up in care and the percentage of children looked after by the authorities as striking as he claims? Read

Analysis
19 October 2012

How competitive is the UK energy market?

After a week of difficulty for the Government in clarifying its position on energy market reform, commentators have been speculating how competitive the UK's energy market really is. We look at some of the figures. Read

Analysis
16 October 2012

Economy, Business & Finance

Are nine out of ten Scots a burden on the state?

Following a speech to the Conservative Conference Scottish fringe last week Ruth Davidson - the leader of the Scottish Conservatives - was slammed for suggesting that only 12% of Scots were net contributors to the economy. What do the numbers say? Read

Analysis
15 October 2012

Did global warming stop 15 years ago?

Anyone hoping for (or perhaps dreading) more indian summers in the future may have been startled to read this weekend that global warming stopped happening 15 years ago. Mail on … Read

Analysis
11 October 2012

Economy, Business & Finance

Is the UK creating more businesses than ever before?

The Prime Minister claimed in his showpiece address to Conservative Party conference delegates that Britain was "getting our entrepreneurial streak back," pointing towards the highest level of company creation on record. Does this check out? Read

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