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Rates increase to be capped, but is it too little too late?
George Osborne is poised to offer a cap on the increase in business rates. But after months and months of stagnation, is it really going to be enough?
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George Osborne is poised to offer a cap on the increase in business rates. But after months and months of stagnation, is it really going to be enough?
Britain’s education system appears to be stuck in a rut while our Asian competitors surge ahead. FactCheck investigates.
As a nation we undervalue education – perhaps not of our own children, but of other people’s. Yes, there are statistical issues with Pisa, but the relative direction of travel is abundantly clear.
UK teenagers are failing to keep up with youngsters in many Asian countries in reading, maths and science, according to a new OECD survey. Where has British education gone wrong?
Has social mobility gone backwards since the golden age of the 1960s? And is the death of grammar schools to blame? FactCheck investigates.
A plan to give women £200 in vouchers to breastfeed their babies has created an uproar in Westminster and in healthcare circles. FactCheck keeps abreast of the evidence.