Brian O'Flynn , Data Scientist
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FactCheck: there are 40 per cent fewer experienced prison officers than in 2010
Staff inexperience has been linked to problems across the prison estate – and FactCheck finds the number of experienced prison officers has fallen by 40 per cent since 2010.
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FactCheck: one third of NHS acute hospitals have never been inspected by CQC
The Care Quality Commission has been under fire in recent weeks.
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FactCheck: Our analysis finds one in nine maternity services ‘double downgraded’ since 2022
We’ve found that nearly half of maternity services received a rating of ‘inadequate’ or ‘requires improvement’.
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FactCheck: how many asylum seekers are entering Ireland via the UK and what does it mean for Rwanda?
The Irish justice minister says more than 80% of asylum applicants are coming from Northern Ireland.
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FactCheck: parents in poor areas more likely to struggle getting a childcare place from April
Many more families will become eligible for free childcare next week – but will they find places?
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FactCheck: England has lost 28% of local bus provision per person since 2011
The worst-hit councils have lost two thirds of bus services when we account for population rises.
