Federica Cocco

Sunday, 19 March, 2023

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Thursday, 5 January, 2023

EU economy

‘Shadow economy’ drives record jump in Spain’s tax revenue

Pandemic pushes informal business on to the books in a country where underground activity is rife

Tuesday, 6 December, 2022

UK labour disputes

Sunak under pressure to accelerate anti-strike legislation

Tory MPs call for new union curbs as UK faces biggest wave of industrial action since 1989

Thursday, 1 December, 2022

National Health Service

Third of English patients waiting over 30 minutes in ambulances

New NHS data show delays climbing as health chiefs warn of ‘perfect storm’ this winter

Sunday, 27 November, 2022

UK public services

Backlog Britain: How public sector delays spiralled to record levels

Pandemic pressures combined with long-term cuts have left vital services under chronic strain

Thursday, 24 November, 2022

Data PointsMental health

Are we ready for the approaching loneliness epidemic?

Wealthier societies are increasingly troubled by the afflictions of people who live alone — and the young suffer more

Sunday, 23 October, 2022

News in-depthEnergy crisis

‘People will burn anything’: energy poverty and pollution hit eastern Europe

In Hungary and across the region residents are turning to cheaper and dirtier sources of heat such as lignite coal

Saturday, 24 September, 2022

Markets

Corporate America is fretting over Taiwan risks, regulatory filings show

Technology is the sector most concerned, the semiconductor industry raising the loudest alarm

Thursday, 22 September, 2022

The Big Read

What an Italy led by the far-right might mean for Europe

The coalition leaders may be fierce Eurosceptics but both Rome and Brussels need the relationship to remain functional

Tuesday, 20 September, 2022

News in-depthDemographics and population

Niger questions wisdom of sustaining world’s highest birth rate

President comes out against polygamy and early marriage in an attempt to shift social norms

Monday, 19 September, 2022

Social affairs

Funding crunch to limit top UK universities places

Admissions to high-ranking institutions fall by 12.2% as funding pressures take toll, say analysts

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