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Datawatch / Pensioners have never had it so good

Datawatch / Pensioners have never had it so good
28.01.2025 50

The Spectator

Simon Cook

Which president granted the most pardons? 

Which president granted the most pardons? 
20.01.2025 8

The Spectator

Simon Cook

How does the NHS tackle eight million missed appointments?

One of the perennial scapegoats of the NHS is the patient who doesn’t turn up for their GP appointment. The headlines write themselves: millions of...

02.12.2024 3

The Spectator

Simon Cook

Why do so many private school students get extra time in exams?

Are independent schools gaming the system to give a disproportionate advantage to their pupils in exams? That’s one possible inference from a new...

08.11.2024 1

The Spectator

Simon Cook

Childhood obesity has become a disease of the poor

Every year, the government weighs and measures children in Reception (ages 4-5) and Year 6 (ages 10-11). The National Child Measurement Programme...

07.11.2024 2

The Spectator

Simon Cook

Is staff sickness crippling the NHS?

Some £22 billion of the £40 billion in tax rises the Chancellor announced this week will go straight to the NHS – an NHS that was already better...

01.11.2024 6

The Spectator

Simon Cook