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This week's Private Eye cast an especially watchful glance over the BBC's complaints department. In an episode of Broadcasting House on 13th July journalist Jon Snow seemed to suggest that … Read
The Shadow Minister for Care and Older People - Liz Kendall - yesterday gave a speech in which she highlighted the issue of access to GP services: "now two thirds … Read
Are free schools 'cherry picking' wealthy pupils over the more disadvantaged? The front page of today's i newspaper said so — but the research it was reporting on didn't go … Read
This graph shows how next time you read about rises or falls in 'real wages', you'd be well justified in asking "by whose measure?" Taking average weekly earnings estimates from … Read
Headlines alone don't often do serious research justice, but it's a rarer sight to see two papers directly contradict each other as the Times and Independent did this morning: Times: … Read
Announcing a number of measures including a new target on fuel poverty, Ed Davey, the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, said that "since 2010 the number of … Read
Government forecasts of the repayment of student loans have been the subject of scathing criticism today, in a report from a group of MPs. The report, published by the Business … Read
The ONS has released a clever little tool that quizzes you on your knowledge of your local area. If you live in England or Wales, just pop in a postcode … Read
"We only use 10% of our brains" - it's a piece of 'knowledge' that has seeped into everything from school science lessons to first aid classes, according to Jordan Gaines … Read
The Guardian today published a correction to its piece on assisted dying, after we pointed out it contained inaccurate figures on suicide rates. The article referred to concerns about rising … Read
