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Amy Borrett

Data Journalist

Amy Borrett is a data journalist at the Financial Times in London. She joined in February 2023 from Sky News' data and forensics team and previously worked at the New Statesman and Sifted.

In 2022, Amy was shortlisted for the Wincott Young Journalist of the Year Award and highly commended by the Royal Statistical Society for her use of data visualisation.

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  • Thursday, 26 September, 2024
    UK schools
    Private schools fill gap for special needs pupils in England

    Annual allocation up 15% as local authorities and education body warn of spiralling costs

    Learning support assistant with a child with special educational needs
  • Tuesday, 24 September, 2024
    UK economy
    Number of homeless households in Scotland hits 12-year high

    Figures lay bare scale of mounting housing pressures across the UK

    Glasgow young homeless boy sleeps in a doorway
  • Tuesday, 24 September, 2024
    Beer and spirits
    UK surge in low-alcohol beer sales tops other countries

    Post-Brexit overhaul of alcohol duty and shifting lifestyles fuel boom in low-ABV drinks

    ‘No & Low Alcohol’ section at a Morrisons supermarket
  • Sunday, 22 September, 2024
    UK society
    Government urged to improve frontline health services after drop in childhood jabs

    Lack of appointments blamed for fall in take-up of key vaccinations

    A nurse is administering the NHS 4-in-1 pre-school booster and MMR second dose immunisation to a three-year-old girl who is sitting on a woman's lap.
  • Wednesday, 4 September, 2024
    News in-depthUK schools
    Why are suspensions rocketing in English schools?

    Education leaders warn of crisis as teachers struggle to meet demand from pupils with complex needs

    A montage of a student with his head down on his backpack with a blurred background of more students at desks and a line from a graph
  • Tuesday, 3 September, 2024
    UK schools
    England’s school curriculum needs reform to fix ‘glaring omissions’, review finds

    OCR exam board calls for climate change and digital literacy to be given more prominence

    Secondary school pupils in Wales working on computers
  • Tuesday, 3 September, 2024
    The Big Read
    The risk of using ‘physician associates’ to take the strain for doctors

    In everything from nursing to anaesthesia, medical systems worldwide are relying on support staff more than ever. Are there dangers to our health?

    Montage of a person in scrubs facing away, with chart in the background
  • Thursday, 29 August, 2024
    Philanthropy
    Wealthy Brits could give one-third more to charity, finds survey

    Research suggests that better financial advice would help people to be more philanthropic

    View of five different coloured charity donation money boxes from above
  • Thursday, 22 August, 2024
    UK immigration
    Rishi Sunak’s government ramped up returns of migrants in final year

    Irregular arrivals that include small boat crossings also fell by a quarter in 12 months to end of June, migration figures show

    A group of people thought to be migrants walk on the wet sand towards the shore after being brought in by an RNLI lifeboat, which is visible in the background. A man in a high-visibility vest and hard hat is walking with them. The scene is set in Dungeness, Kent, following a small boat incident in the Channel.
  • Thursday, 22 August, 2024
    UK schools
    Maths and English GCSE failure rates near 40%

    Exam results show north and Midlands falling further behind London and south

    A girl smiles while holding her GCSE results envelope at Ark Pioneer in Barnet, north London, as a teacher standing next to her gestures animatedly. Another person in the background smiles
  • Thursday, 22 August, 2024
    Home Office
    Home Office spending on consultants rose tenfold during last parliament

    Efforts to tackle illegal immigration were major drivers, as Labour government vows to axe costs

    Home Office logo
  • Tuesday, 20 August, 2024
    The Big Read
    The UK skills crisis holding back growth

    A well-trained workforce is essential to the economy, but a shortage of alternatives to university means Britain’s young people are falling behind

  • Sunday, 18 August, 2024
    UK Government
    UK driving test delays creep back up after extra slots fail to dent backlog

    Four in five centres have a wait of more than three months, AA figures show

    DVSA Driving Test centre
  • Thursday, 15 August, 2024
    ExplainerUK schools
    A-level analysis shows London taking most top grades

    In charts: Jump in A* results and performance gap widens between private and state schools

    Montage shows A-Level students from the City of London Academy, Highgate Hill, a school sponsored by the City of London, with results data in the background
  • Thursday, 15 August, 2024
    UK universities
    Lower-ranked UK universities fight to fill places after drop in overseas applicants

    Data from UCAS comes as A-level results show rise in share of A* grades

    Students react as they receive A-Level results at Norlington School and 6th Form in Waltham Forest
  • Wednesday, 14 August, 2024
    UK universities
    International students to return in smaller numbers to UK universities

    Data shows a 35% drop in deposits for courses starting next month

    Students sitting in front of laptops
  • Tuesday, 13 August, 2024
    UK universities
    University applications by UK mature students drop for nursing and teaching

    Admissions service warns about impact on key professions that are more reliant on recruiting older students

    A doctor and trainee nurse on a practice ward at a NHS hospital
  • Friday, 9 August, 2024
    News in-depthUK immigration
    UK immigration: why public opinion is at odds with reality

    Academic studies and official data highlight misconceptions around impact of new arrivals on economy and society

    Protesters hold signs for and against UK immigration
  • Thursday, 8 August, 2024
    UK riots
    Far-right riots centred on England’s deprivation hotspots

    Areas hit by violence also have high proportion of asylum seekers housed there, FT analysis shows

    Montage showing a man, map of england and bar chart
  • Thursday, 8 August, 2024
    UK immigration
    UK visa applications from care workers fall sharply

    Year-on-year drop of 82% in July points to continuing decline in net migration

    Home caregiver dresses a senior citizen
  • Monday, 5 August, 2024
    UK universities
    UK universities regulator plans for looming insolvencies

    Office for Students advertises £4mn professional services contract as more institutions approach the brink

    University students sitting in a lecture room
  • Thursday, 1 August, 2024
    The State of Britain
    Labour must not eschew big investments in the name of ‘tough choices’ Premium content

    Also in this week’s newsletter: civil service headcount balloons

    Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves speaks during a press conference
  • Thursday, 1 August, 2024
    Women's health
    ADHD cases in women hit record level as TikTok videos raise awareness

    Huge rise in prescriptions for women aged 25 to 34 in England driven by social media highlighting symptoms

    Screengrabs from TikTok of videos about ADHD
  • Wednesday, 31 July, 2024
    Civil Service UK
    Movement between Whitehall departments fuels civil service churn

    Concerns increase that government lacks sufficient stability to operate effectively

    A Whitehall road sign
  • Tuesday, 30 July, 2024
    News in-depthUK society
    More women in England opt for private IVF treatments

    Academics and charities call for a national policy for providing fertility treatment on NHS

    A montage of a baby and a chart
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