Referendum Live Q and A 12.50: That wraps it up for Full Fact’s first ever live Q&A. Thanks for all your questions and apologies if we didn’t have time to answer yours. And just to let… 15 Sep 2014 • 11:10 am • Share Twitter Facebook Mail
MPs not claiming more expenses than ever A number of papers this morning reported that MPs are now claiming “more than ever” or in some cases more than “at the peak of the expenses scandal”. Some of the confusion… 12 Sep 2014 • 6:11 pm • Share Twitter Facebook Mail
Top-up fees, Syria and 42-day detention: life without Scottish MPs MySociety, the people behind TheyWorkForYou and FixMyStreet, has published analysis which sought to find out which House of Commons votes would have gone differently had Scottish MP’s votes not been counted.… 12 Sep 2014 • 11:15 am • Share Twitter Facebook Mail
Why we can’t predict energy bills after Scottish independence People in England and Wales could face cheaper energy bills if Scotland votes yes to independence, according to the BBC this morning. Sources from the energy industry told the broadcaster that Scotland… 11 Sep 2014 • 12:40 pm • Share Twitter Facebook Mail
PCC rules on correction to Prime Minister’s new jobs for British workers claim The Press Complaints Commission (PCC) has ruled that the Telegraph has to correct an article by David Cameron published in July in which he wrote: “… while most new jobs… 10 Sep 2014 • 12:34 pm • Share Twitter Facebook Mail
More UK graduates have highest level literacy skills than OECD average The Telegraph and the Daily Mail reported new findings from the OECD today that the majority (3 in 4) of graduates lack high-level literacy skills, or in the Mail’s case:… 10 Sep 2014 • 10:38 am • Share Twitter Facebook Mail
Longer prison sentences don’t always mean tougher justice Ministers are delivering on a vow to get tough on sentencing, according to today’s Sun: “Tough justice: lags getting longest sentences in 20 years” It’s true that the average sentence… 9 Sep 2014 • 2:49 pm • Share Twitter Facebook Mail
Social mobility: The school tie effect Frances O’Grady compared Britain to a “Downton Abbey-style society” where “social mobility has hit reverse” in her TUC Congress address. The result of this, she said, was that: “Whether it’s the… 9 Sep 2014 • 12:29 pm • Share Twitter Facebook Mail
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
Claims of ‘permanent Conservative rule’ after Scottish independence don’t stand up to history Scotland 12 Sep 2014 • 4:42 pm • Share Twitter Facebook Mail
Which politicians are most trusted to stand up for Scotland’s interests? Scotland 11 Sep 2014 • 12:20 pm • Share Twitter Facebook Mail
Free schools’ performance: statistics watchdog says experts are unresolved on a fair comparison Education The statistics body responds to claims by the Department for Education that free schools are twice as likely to be ‘outstanding’ under the new Ofsted framework. 11 Sep 2014 • 6:50 am • Share Twitter Facebook Mail
Scotland’s Independence Referendum The future of North Sea oil and gas Are ‘illegal immigrants’ eligible for over four times more in state aid than pensioners? Tax and spending in Scotland Claims of ‘permanent Conservative rule’ after Scottish independence don’t stand up to history
What powers does Scotland have now, and what could it get if it votes ‘No’? Economy, Scotland 10 Sep 2014 • 4:24 pm • Share Twitter Facebook Mail
Seventy million sick days due to mental illness in 2007—not last year Health 9 Sep 2014 • 7:26 pm • Share Twitter Facebook Mail
Measuring social mobility: how does the UK perform? Economy, Education 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 2 Sep 2014 • 6:30 pm • Share Twitter Facebook Mail
First they came for the vacuum cleaners: will it be kettles next? Europe 1 Sep 2014 • 6:11 pm • Share Twitter Facebook Mail
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