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4 October 2012

Crime

Rape conviction rates deserve careful explanation

The Shadow Home Secretary yesterday told her party's conference that the fact that just 6% of rape cases ended in a conviction showed that the Government needs to do more to protect women. However this claim can be "misleading" if not properly understood. Read

Analysis
28 September 2012

Economy, Business & Finance

'Inconvenient truths'? How big is the public sector debt?

Is the growing size of the government's debt placing the restraints on Liberal Democrat ambitions that Nick Clegg claimed during this week's conference speech? We find out in the second part of our look into the 'inconvenient truths' he cited. Read

Analysis
26 September 2012

Immigration

Visualising population growth

Population in England and Wales has risen by 1,000 every day, the fastest rise in 100 years. Read

Analysis
26 September 2012

Education

Is there really a qualification in claiming benefits?

Last week saw another mention of the 'GCSE in claiming benefits', following years of coverage in the Mail and from the Prime Minister earlier this year. But is this claim based on fact or fiction? Read

Fact checks
26 September 2012

Economy, Business & Finance

Does means-testing pensioners make financial sense?

On this morning's Today programme Mark Reckless MP claimed that the cost of means-testing pensioner benefits would be "far, far greater than anything that would be raised". Does the evidence support his view? Read

Analysis

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