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    Federica Cocco is 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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    • 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

    • 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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