The UK has the third-highest childcare costs in the developed world
Only Switzerland and Slovakia have higher childcare costs than the UK among OECD countries.
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How the UK has been overtaken by other European countries on Covid-19 vaccines
Most major western European countries have now vaccinated a higher share of their populations than the UK.
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How Covid-19 vaccines dramatically reduce death rates
Vaccines reduce the fatality rate among those in their 50s by 90 per cent.
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How the NHS now dominates public spending
Health and social care will soon account for 40 per cent of the UK government’s day-to-day spending, up from 30…
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Why the social care crisis is not over
Only £5.4bn (15 per cent) of the £36bn of new revenue raised will go towards social care.
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How England’s social care crisis has grown
Around 14,000 fewer people were granted care in 2019-20 than in 2015-16.
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A third of under-40s in England have still not received one Covid-19 vaccine dose
The vaccination rate among 18- to-40-year-olds has barely risen since July, levelling off at 66 per cent.
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How raising National Insurance would hit working-age people hardest
Young people would suffer a hit to their incomes 16 times greater than those aged over 75.
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