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Rob England @England_Rob_

Data Journalist 📈 BBC Verify 🟩🟦, @BBCNews. DMs open or contact: rob.england@bbc.co.uk

Joined March 2014
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With the latest flu data for the UK out today, you can use our postcode lookup 🔎tool to check how it’s affecting your area this winter 📊 bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgq…

Flu outbreak: How are hospitals in your area affected?

Use our interactive tool to explore the latest flu numbers in your area

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BBC Verify has launched its migration tracker, bringing together the latest data on immigration, emigration, asylum, small boats, visas and returns. You can use it to explore different aspects of migration to the UK, and how it all fits together: bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c709…

Tracking UK migration: Small boats, asylum hotels and visas

Use our interactive tracker to explore the latest migration statistics for the UK

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Rob England retweeted
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Important new report out today: Top Ten Problems in the Evidence Base for Public Debate and Policy-Making on Immigration in the UK in 2025 migrationobservatory.ox.ac.u…

Top Ten Problems in the Evidence Base for Public Debate and Policy-Making on Immigration in the UK...

This report identifies gaps in data about migration that prevent policymakers and the public from understanding its impacts and the implications of policy changes.

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ADHD services shutting door to new NHS patients as demand soars, BBC finds

A BBC investigation finds that a host of areas in England are closing waiting lists and others are rationing care.

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Is the government meeting its pledges on illegal migration and asylum? bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9dq…

Illegal immigration and asylum: Are government pledges on track?

BBC Verify examines key areas which the government has promised to make improvements

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New figures from the Home Office suggest asylum hotel costs came down in the year to March. More here ⬇️ bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgeq…

UK's asylum hotel bill down 30%, government says

The Home Office's annual accounts show £2.1bn was spent on hotel accommodation in the year to March 2025.

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4 Jul 2025
Our Director @M_Sumption on Today Programme this morning talking about why the care visa has been so difficult to manage Full interview 00:50 minutes into the programme, link in the reply
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You can see how your local MP voted on the recent welfare reform changes with our handy lookup tool 🔎 bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g8…

How did my MP vote on reforms to the benefits system?

Check whether your MP voted for or against the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill

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'Taxi boats' pick up migrants in waist-deep water as Channel smugglers switch tactics bbc.com/news/articles/cpd1l6…

Smugglers deploy 'taxi boats' to collect migrants off the French coast

They are being launched from new sites and in new ways - out of reach of French police.

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The UK asylum appeals backlog hit a new record high in March 2025. There’s 88% more cases in the system than last year. The government has pledged to clear it as part of its plans to fix the asylum system. More here on BBC Verify’s live page ➡️ bbc.co.uk/news/live/c8xgz190…
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The government are packing more people into asylum hotel rooms to save money. It’s driving down the cost per night - falling from £162 in March 2023 to £118 in January this year. We confirmed the shift via FOI data. ➡️bbc.co.uk/news/live/cpvkwvge…

BBC Verify Live: Debunking AI fakes as US protests spark online disinformation

Latest updates from the BBC's specialists in fact-checking, verifying video and tackling disinformation.

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Ros Atkins’ take on the White House claims against the BBC bbc.co.uk/news/videos/c9wgq9…

Ros Atkins on... The White House claims on BBC Gaza coverage

Ros Atkins from BBC Verify takes a look at the facts surrounding remarks that came our of Washington.

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Rob England retweeted
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3 Jun 2025
⁦Our senior researcher @P_W_Walsh was speaking to Naga Munchetty about the relationship (or lack of it, long term) between small boat arrivals and ⁩the weather.
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Today we’re looking at the latest government figures on how weather has affected small boat crossings to the UK. New figures suggest a recent rise in the number of days where crossings were likely, more here: bbc.co.uk/news/live/ce3954xg…

BBC Verify Live: Unpacking small boats stats and verifying latest Gaza shooting

Latest updates from the BBC's specialists in fact-checking, verifying video and tackling disinformation.

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Heading back to the UK after my first dataharvest! I’m coming back with lots of story ideas, useful tools and new connections. Thanks to @journalismarena for organising an amazing #EIJC25 in Mechelen 🙏 and to everyone who came to my talk on irregular migration to the EU!
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Net migration halved in 2024 to 431,000, ONS says bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckgx…

Drop in work visas and students halved net migration, ONS figures show

The ONS says the yearly decline in net migration is the biggest numerical drop on record.

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Rob England retweeted
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22 May 2025
What sort of impact will the record fall in net migration have on the UK economy? Maybe less than you expect... Read about it in our press release about today's @ONS statistics migrationobservatory.ox.ac.u…
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Most immigration to the UK happens legally, but the government has made pledges to tackle illegal immigration and fix the asylum system. We’ll be tracking their progress: ⬇️ bbc.com/news/articles/c9dqqj…

Illegal immigration and asylum: Are government pledges on track?

BBC Verify examines key areas which the government has promised to make improvements

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Had a great time earlier this week discussing small boat crossings at #ddjuk25 at @MyBCU. Thanks to the BBC’s Shared Data Unit and @paulbradshaw for having me. Looking forward to @DataharvestEIJC next week, where I’ll be talking about sea arrivals to the EU.
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Earlier today, the government announced a shake-up of the UK’s immigration system. You might be forgiven for thinking this has something to do with small boat crossings - but it doesn’t, and it’s important to understand why. A short thread: 🧵1/5
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The government has a much more control over legal migration than it does over irregular arrivals, through visa restrictions. In the hope of reducing net migration, it is tightening these rules to try to affect the largest groups coming into the country. 🧵4/5
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You can see a summary of the main changes the government has announced here: bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cje7… And more coverage on our live page here: bbc.co.uk/news/live/ce810e3z… 🧵5/5

Labour's immigration plans at a glance

The government says its proposals will reduce record levels of migration to the UK in recent years.

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