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Some context around record high 230 people on one boat today.
The no of people per boat has been getting higher for a while - the average of 72 per boat in July was the highest we've seen.
At the same time, the number of boats and people arriving have been falling (1/3)
The number of boats that have arrived in the last 365 days is lower than at any time since 2019/20.
The number of migrants arriving has also fallen significantly - down a third from the same date in 2025.
But it remains over 30,000, higher than the recent lows from 2024 (2/3)
Shadow home sec Chris Philp said "the only thing protecting our borders is the weather" - ie rough seas.
Analysis of weather data shows there have been more calm days in 2026 than normal. The number of arrivals per each calm day is also down (3/3)
More: news.sky.com/story/record-nu…
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The ONS has updated its disposable income data, including a revision to older figures.
It now reveals that living standards fell between Dec 2019 and Jun 2024 - the first time that disposable income has been lower at the end of a parliament than the start
Disposable income is what's left after tax. We still need to pay for things like food/energy/rent from it.
Those have all risen in price faster than inflation since 2019, leaving even less available to save or spend on nice things.
More here:
news.sky.com/story/a-disaste…
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Use our new Starmer tracker tools to see how the government are performing towards five key policy areas and five important economic targets - including disposable income, tax, healthcare, immigration, clean power and more:
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Daniel Dunford retweeted
My latest investigation with @SophiaMassam @pkelso on how Tesla’s future has become increasingly uncertain amid the feud between Trump and Musk
The explosive fallout between the Tesla boss and US president could end up costing the car manufacturer billions in subsidies.
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Daniel Dunford retweeted
🔺🧵Exclusive w/ @DanielJDunford
As new HO figs show doubling of good weather days this year compared to the start of 2024
We’ve done our own analysis which shows ALSO significantly more people crossing the channel on days where weather is not ideal
Daniel Dunford retweeted
EXCLUSIVE
📈 Major government claim on the NHS under scrutiny: the rate of increase of hospital appointments slowed, FOI data reveals
A @skynews @FullFact production with @DanielJDunford @michelle_inez @IslaGlaister
Watch:
Have there been more plane crashes this year? The short answer is no, but there is one big reason why you might think there have been…
There have been almost 10m flights so far this year. That’s a lot, it’s 10% higher than had been recorded by this time in 2024 (1/6🧵)
How dangerous is air travel?
Despite what you might think from the recent news, not very.
At this year’s rate, if you got one flight every day since you were born, you’d be approaching 59 before you got in an accident. It would be 131 years before you died (5/6)
Daniel Dunford retweeted
Prisoner recalls are at record levels amid early release & high probation caseloads. Less than a quarter of those being recalled in year to Sept 24 were sent back to jail for committing new crime. The first time on record that figure has been that low. @DanielJDunford 👇
Prisoners being sent back to jail 'because it's the easiest thing to do'
Read more🔗
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Daniel Dunford retweeted
There really isn't anything suspicious about the Reform UK ticker.
@DanielJDunford and I took a look, this is what we saw.
Manipulating your own supporters at Xmas eh, Nigel?
It’s not real. It’s a fake ⏰ coded to tick up automatically. We’ve been watching the back end for days and can also see they’ve just changed the code to link to a different site as people point this out.
Farage doesn’t understand the digital age. This kind of fakery gets found out pretty quickly, although not before many are fooled…(1/5)