Tesco: prices wouldn’t be 16% higher in an independent Scotland According to a leaflet distributed to households in Scotland by the Better Together campaign, Scotland could face higher food bills in the event of independence. This, they claim, is because leaving the… 5 Sep 2014 • 5:34 pm • Share Twitter Facebook Mail
Kettles are still not about to be banned by the EU “Now kettles face EU ban” according to the front page of today’s Express. The article itself was more equivocal, saying the EU executive had commissioned a report which “sets out… 4 Sep 2014 • 12:03 pm • Share Twitter Facebook Mail
Overcrowded cells in Wormwood Scrubs: what it means in practice Wormwood Scrubs prison is unsafe, unclean, and overcrowded according to a report by the Prison Inspector. The Prison Service has two standards on crowding. One states the number of inmates a prison… 3 Sep 2014 • 1:41 pm • Share Twitter Facebook Mail
More infant classes are overcrowded, but there are more infants too Infant class sizes are due to be discussed in Parliament today as part of a debate brought by the opposition. The most recent figures from the Department for Education show… 3 Sep 2014 • 12:27 pm • Share Twitter Facebook Mail
More Olivers than Mohammeds were born in 2013 Last Friday, the BBC published an article claiming: ‘The UK’s Office for National Statistics (ONS) says Mohammed was the most common name parents gave to baby boys in England and Wales in 2013′… 2 Sep 2014 • 4:40 pm • Share Twitter Facebook Mail
Illegal immigrants can’t claim benefits The Daily Mail reported yesterday that up to 2,000 illegal immigrants, mainly Africans and Asians, had arrived in Calais – migrants who it said “will be able to claim benefits if… 2 Sep 2014 • 2:58 pm • Share Twitter Facebook Mail
Think tank says it didn’t estimate Express “2 million illegal migrants” figure The Express front page today claimed there was “fury over Britain’s 2m illegal migrants”. Although we wouldn’t go so far as ‘fury’, the claim is certainly troubling, although perhaps not… 27 Aug 2014 • 1:07 pm • Share Twitter Facebook Mail
Most people in Scotland are struggling to find trustworthy information ahead of referendum “The option impossible is missing” – just one response to a Sky News tweet on Monday night on how difficult voters are finding it to get hold of trustworthy information on next month’s Scottish independence… 27 Aug 2014 • 12:30 pm • Share Twitter Facebook Mail
Guardian clarifies source of Troubled Families cost The government’s Troubled Families programme was initially launched to help an estimated 120,000 families and has since been extended to an additional 400,000 families. As we covered earlier this week, the widely reported “more… 21 Aug 2014 • 11:21 am • Share Twitter Facebook Mail
£30 billion estimated cost of troubled families doesn’t come from the government When the government first announced its Troubled Families programme, launched to help an estimated 120,000 families, it said these families were costing about £9 billion a year. In June last year the government announced it was… 18 Aug 2014 • 6:46 pm • Share Twitter Facebook Mail
Want to get the government you voted for? Try living in London or the Midlands One of the reasons often given by the Yes Campaign in favour of independence is that the current system means Scotland has had “Tory-led governments we didn’t vote for”. The House of Commons Library has… 15 Aug 2014 • 1:50 pm • Share Twitter Facebook Mail
Measuring social mobility: how does the UK perform? Economy, Education Spotlight on social mobility. How can we define it, how it has changed over time and how mobility in the UK compares to other countries. 5 Sep 2014 • 12:20 pm • Share Twitter Facebook Mail
Free meals for school kids do improve performance, but value for money questions remain Education This morning Nick Clegg said his flagship universal free school meals policy was better at raising outcomes than some literacy and numeracy schemes. We take a closer look at the impact of the pilot. 2 Sep 2014 • 6:30 pm • Share Twitter Facebook Mail
First they came for the vacuum cleaners: will it be kettles next? Europe Following the introduction of new EU laws on the power consumption of vacuum cleaners, it was speculated that hairdryers and lawn mowers might be next in line. We take a look at the current state of the EU’s plans. 1 Sep 2014 • 6:11 pm • Share Twitter Facebook Mail
Scotland’s Independence Referendum The future of North Sea oil and gas Tax and spending in Scotland First they came for the vacuum cleaners: will it be kettles next? Tesco: prices wouldn’t be 16% higher in an independent Scotland
Grooming gangs: what we know about the perpetrators and victims Crime 29 Aug 2014 • 9:30 am • Share Twitter Facebook Mail
Troubled Families estimates: a troubled history Economy 19 Aug 2014 • 6:20 pm • Share Twitter Facebook Mail
Mental health problems: how many are treated? Health 14 Aug 2014 • 5:57 pm • Share Twitter Facebook Mail
Will Labour’s spending plans add £500 billion to the national debt? Economy 7 Aug 2014 • 4:37 pm • Share Twitter Facebook Mail
Scotland’s international trade under independence Scotland 5 Aug 2014 • 5:54 pm • Share Twitter Facebook Mail
Higher or lower? Scottish energy bills after independence Economy, Scotland 4 Aug 2014 • 5:31 pm • Share Twitter Facebook Mail