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The use of Trussell Trust food banks by an alleged one million people last year is covered by the Daily Mail, the Guardian and the Mirror today. You can read … Read
Most of the papers today have covered the tragic deaths of migrants in the Mediterranean on their front pages. The prospect of the SNP being in coalition leads the political … Read
Today's major political story, judging by the newspapers' front pages, is a rather old one in two senses. First, we've known for some time that, according to the opinion polls, … Read
Economy, Business & Finance
England is going to have a projected 220,000 extra households per year between 2012 and 2022. The supply of new housing has fallen far short of that figure—119,000 homes were … Read
Several of the major papers' front pages put the election to one side today, while the others are an eclectic mix, ranging from UKIP accusing the BBC of bias to … Read
The Independent and the i lead with the claim that one million Britons will soon be using food banks. We hope to bring you more on this later today. We … Read
Several of the national newspapers carry coverage of last night's debate between five opposition party leaders. The dynamics of a hung parliament, in which the Labour-SNP relationship could be decisive, … Read
The Mirror leads with a claim by Labour that "Cam's bribes" will cost every family £1,439 a year. Or is it £1,493 (which the online version of the article says)? … Read
Manifestos from the Liberal Democrats and UKIP are due to be published later this morning. We'll be factchecking the headline claims from both and we'll continue our analysis of the … Read
It's a right Right to Buy frenzy in the press this morning, with every newspaper under the sun (including the Sun) featuring Conservative plans for increasing home ownership. The party's … Read
