Afiq Fitri

The country’s “zero-Covid” policy has failed to contain the spread and is leading to anti-government protests.

In 2021, there were just eight asylum applicants for every 10,000 people resident in Britain.

The Truss government’s U-turn over the energy price freeze means most households will be paying higher bills in six months’ time.

The standard monthly welfare payment is now £52 lower in real terms than in 2010.

In July exports to the US totalled £4bn, compared with £17.4bn to the EU.

Earnings remain below their 2008 level after falling 3 per cent over the past eight months.

The cost of living, food security, female education and wages have all declined.

The number of doctor vacancies may be 4,000 higher than thought and nursing vacancies 11,000 higher.

Parts of solar panels are being produced by the forced labour of Uyghurs. The EU and the US are working to change this.

Recent data shows a country largely unprepared for a more hostile cyber landscape.

The previous record had stood for almost 90 years before the Tiverton and Honiton vote.

Spotlight analysis shows a quarter of the fines issued by the ICO since 2017 have not been paid.

The cost of filling a family car with petrol has passed £100 for the first time.

Almost four fifths of carbon emissions in the capital come from its buildings.

Demands for a windfull tax on oil and gas giants in the UK are growing.

The average rent is now 15 per cent higher than in early 2020.

Oil and gas exports and strict currency controls have helped the rouble recover.

More than half of all “golden visas” have been awarded to applicants from Russia and China since 2008.

Real earnings are now lower than on the eve of the financial crisis.