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    Federica Cocco

    Former statistical journalist

    Federica Cocco was a statistical journalist at the FT. She previously covered UK politics, policy and statistics for The Times, the Daily Mirror and fact-checking organisation Full Fact.

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    • Tuesday, 30 May, 2023
      National Health Service
      NHS productivity lags as recruitment fails to keep pace with demand

      Despite increasing staff numbers, services in England are struggling to match pre-pandemic treatment levels

    • Sunday, 21 May, 2023
      Visual and data journalism
      Milk mark-ups hit 30-year high at UK retailers

      Other charts of the week: US companies offshoring profits, leaders in solar power, and attitudes to social change

      Montage of a Union flag, cartons of milk and a rising chart to represent the price
    • Sunday, 14 May, 2023
      Visual and data journalism
      Russian energy exports fall since last year’s Ukraine invasion

      Other charts of the week: the Antarctic ozone hole, Americans have fewer friends and marine debris

    • Wednesday, 10 May, 2023
      FT CollectionsWar in Ukraine: economy and trade
      EU goods worth at least $1bn vanish in Russia ‘ghost trade’

      Western officials believe nation diverted sensitive exports targeted by sanctions

      A montage of shipping containers, a line graph and a map
    • Sunday, 7 May, 2023
      Visual and data journalism
      Incomes stagnate for all but the richest in the UK

      Other charts of the week: EU workers, Republicans and Twitter, young people who have not flown the nest and US presidential rematches

    • Sunday, 30 April, 2023
      Visual and data journalism
      Low earners in the US enjoy fastest wage growth

      Other charts of the week: climate change in Europe, Americans and taxes, the popularity of big cars and job losses at news organisations

    • Sunday, 23 April, 2023
      Visual and data journalism
      US college fees drop as student numbers decline

      Other charts of the week: Voters’ views on Labour and the Conservatives, Chinese private sector in retreat, the US manufacturing boom and waning internet optimism

      US students on graduation day against a backdrop of US Dollar banknotes
    • Wednesday, 19 April, 2023
      Demographics and population
      ‘Population anxiety’ fuelling harmful fertility policies, says UN

      Overlapping global crises have led to fears of both high and low birth rates, research finds

      A mother with two children pushes a pram as an elderly woman follows
    • Sunday, 9 April, 2023
      Visual and data journalism
      Covid-19 depleted foreign reserves of most emerging economies

      Other charts of the week: British films at the international box office, censorship, trade unions win biggest pay rises in 30 years and the value of food stamps

    • Sunday, 2 April, 2023
      Visual and data journalism
      US Democrats’ sympathies shift towards Palestinian cause

      Other charts of the week: US house prices, global happiness, hit songs and maternal mortality

      Democract and Republican logos
    • Sunday, 19 March, 2023
      Visual and data journalism
      Unchecked corporate pricing power is a factor in US inflation

      Other charts of the week: marriage and remote working, Europeans love SUVs, Britons approve of EU leaders and they support nurses and ambulance strikes

      Dollar bills overlaid with a line chart
    • Wednesday, 15 March, 2023
      Childcare
      Nurseries worry about England’s huge expansion of free childcare

      Plan to offer free care for children from 9 months to 4 years will leave nurseries heavily reliant on government for income

    • Monday, 13 March, 2023
      The Big Read
      Britain after Brexit: The surprising surge in skilled migrants

      Employers in the UK have made much greater use than expected of the new migration system to bring in workers

      Montage of images of a nurse hanging up a drip on a stand and a man in a suit
    • Sunday, 12 March, 2023
      Visual and data journalism
      Already a bad year for mass shootings in the US

      Other charts of the week: Chinese car exports, cash use in the eurozone, strikes in the UK and the rise of the single young American

      A montage of a photo of guns and a bar graph
    • Sunday, 5 March, 2023
      Visual and data journalism
      British public U-turn on attitudes to immigration

      Other charts of the week: Antarctic sea ice, gender inequality among decision makers, economy concern

    • Tuesday, 28 February, 2023
      Gambling industry
      UK gambling groups braced for sweeping reforms to protect customers

      Long-delayed white paper expected to try to curb football sponsorship and ban VIP packages on betting sites

      Everton, sponsored by betting company Stake.com, battle Premier League rivals Leeds United, backed by online gaming brand SBOTOP
    • Tuesday, 28 February, 2023
      News in-depthUS employment
      US child labour violations rise as businesses defy laws to fill roles

      Tight job market fuels increase in breaches as some state legislators push to relax rules

      A teenager pictured holding a serving plate with boxes with bar charts in the background
    • Sunday, 12 February, 2023
      Visual and data journalism
      Death toll in Turkey and Syria earthquakes reaches historic scale

      Other charts of the week: working from home, maternity services, currencies’ performance and endangered species

    • Monday, 6 February, 2023
      News in-depthNational Health Service
      Can the NHS be fixed?

      New ways of working are vital but ultimately the UK health service simply needs more cash, experts say

    • Sunday, 5 February, 2023
      News in-depthNational Health Service
      Is Britain’s NHS broken?

      The UK’s national health system is showing signs of frailty as it nears its 75th birthday

    • Sunday, 5 February, 2023
      ExplainerDatawatch
      SpaceX rockets power record number of satellite launches

      Other charts of the week: European clean energy, Russia’s fuel earnings, aid to Ukraine and parental leave for fathers

    • Thursday, 2 February, 2023
      US police
      US police receive less training than plumbers

      Finnish officers take eight times longer to qualify than American counterparts

      Montage of police offers behind a police tape
    • Sunday, 29 January, 2023
      ExplainerDatawatch
      US egg prices boil over as avian flu and feed costs hit supplies

      Other charts of the week: China’s trade with Russia, US non-aligned voters, art auctions, working from home and the yen

    • Thursday, 19 January, 2023
      Data PointsParenting and families
      The UK’s adoption system is in peril

      Services for the most vulnerable in society are being undone by funding cuts and collapsing social care infrastructure

      FT montage of a family with a falling bar chart in the background
    • Friday, 13 January, 2023
      News in-depthHealthcare
      Britons turn to private healthcare as NHS crisis worsens

      Faced with long waits for treatment, millions pay for care

      The NHS faces one of the worst winters in its history with over seven million people waiting for hospital treatment
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