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Class sizes: a key pledge unmet

Rishab Mehan One issue in this election seems to hark back to 1997: school class sizes. Then it was one of Labour’s key manifesto pledges to cut class sizes to less than 30 for all five, six andread more

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Gordon Brown's dubious immigration claims

Nigel HawkesIn Gordon Brown’s now infamous conversation with Gillian Duffy, the widow from Rochdale whom he described as “a sort of bigoted woman” he said: “A million people have cread more

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Daily Mirror gets its pies in a twist

Nigel HawkesThe Daily Mirror, still pushing hard for a Labour victory, has been a trifle dishonest in its presentation of the polling evidence.read more

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A close look at LibDem claims on pensioner poverty

Rishab Mehan Pensioners are a favourite group at election-time, some might say for cynical reasons.read more

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Notional seats in Wales provoke a row

Nigel Hawkes The BBC’s coverage of the General Election in Wales has triggered an angry response from the Mayor of Caernarfon, Councillor Hywel Roberts.read more

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Committing Hari-Kiri with a blunt statistic

Nigel Hawkes Many people have pored over the election result, trying to suck meaning from its indeterminate outcome.read more

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Good polls, poorly reported

Nigel Hawkes Opinion polls fell thick and fast during the General Election. At times political correspondents appeared to be clinging to them like drowning men to a leaky life raft.read more

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It’s election time: think of a number, a big number

Nigel Hawkes Knife crime, and its effects on the NHS, has become a big talking point in the elections in Scotland. read more

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More big claims from the Scottish election

Nigel Hawkes The elections in Scotland are proving a happy hunting ground for those who can scent a duff statistic.read more

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Boundary Commissioners seduced by the lure of averages

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