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3 weeks ago | 
bbc.com | Harriet Agerholm |Robert Cuffe |David Verry
Millions more counted as domestic abuse victims as definition widensHarriet Agerholm, Robert Cuffe & David VerryGetty ImagesMillions more adults in England and Wales are believed to have experienced domestic abuse since the age of 16, after the Office for National Statistics (ONS) overhauled its crime survey. They added new questions covering topics like controlling and coercive behaviour and the harm it causes.
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Nov 27, 2024 | 
msn.com | Robert Cuffe |Suzanne Leigh
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Jun 20, 2024 | 
bbc.co.uk | Anthony Reuben |Robert Cuffe |Tamara Kovacevic |Ben Chu
Published20 June 2024, 22:43 BSTUpdated 1 minute agoEd Davey, John Swinney, Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak faced audience questions in a Question Time Leaders' Special. The party leaders made claims on spending, migration, Brexit, and the NHS, among other issues. We examined some of them.
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Jun 11, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Robert Cuffe |Gerry Georgieva
Robert Cuffe & Gerry Georgieva - BBC VerifyJune 11, 2024 at 7:40 AM·4 min readAbout a quarter of people of working-age - nearly 11 million people - do not currently have jobs. In his March Budget, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt set out a series of measures designed to encourage people to find work, or increase their hours. How many people are unemployed?
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Jun 4, 2024 | 
bbc.com | Anthony Reuben |Robert Cuffe
Taxes, NHS waiting lists and small boats - BBC Verify tests key debate claimsAnthony Reuben and Robert Cuffe,BBC VerifyITV/PARishi Sunak and Keir Starmer faced each other in their first televised debate of the election campaign and traded claims on tax, the NHS and small boat crossings. BBC Verify has been examining them. £2,000 extra tax per family?
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Apr 16, 2024 | 
aol.com | Robert Cuffe |Gerry Georgieva |Nicholas Barrett
April 16, 2024 at 5:00 AMAbout a quarter of people of working-age - nearly 11 million people - do not currently have jobs. In his Budget, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt set out a series of measures designed to encourage people to find work, or increase their hours. How many people are unemployed? Officially, just over 4% of people are unemployed - about 1.4 million people in the UK. While there has been a slight uptick in recent months, unemployment is still relatively low historically.
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Mar 21, 2024 | 
pressnewsagency.org | Robert Cuffe
By Robert CuffeHead of statistics, BBC Confirm21 March 2024, 11:35 GMTUp to date 3 minutes in the pastPicture supply, Getty PhotographsThe power worth disaster induced the sharpest enhance in UK absolute poverty in 30 years, new figures present. Steep costs rises, following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, meant a whole lot of hundreds extra folks fell into absolute poverty. The determine jumped to 12 million in 2022-2023, an increase of 600,000 – or 0.78 proportion factors.
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Mar 21, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Robert Cuffe
The energy price crisis caused the sharpest increase in UK absolute poverty in 30 years, new figures show. Steep prices rises, following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, meant hundreds of thousands more people fell into absolute poverty. The figure jumped to 12 million in 2022-2023, a rise of 600,000 - or 0.78 percentage points. Absolute poverty is the measure used by the PM when describing the government's record.
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Feb 29, 2024 | 
pressnewsagency.org | George Bowden |Robert Cuffe
By George Bowden & Robert Cuffe, head of statisticsBBC Information29 February 2024, 16:35 GMTUp to date 5 hours in the pastThe UK’s asylum backlog is falling, new figures present, pushed by a rise in choices being made. The variety of approvals and refusals rose considerably final 12 months, in response to the newest House Workplace information.
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Feb 29, 2024 | 
bbc.com | George Bowden |Robert Cuffe
Image source, PA MediaImage caption, A group of people thought to be migrants in the English Channel last yearBy George Bowden & Robert Cuffe, head of statisticsThe UK's asylum backlog is falling, new figures show, driven by an increase in decisions being made. The number of approvals and refusals rose significantly last year, according to the latest Home Office data.
