Straight Statistics frequently focuses on statistical claims that are too bad to be true – but today there’s one that’s almost too good to be true.

Will changes in the student visa system really cost the economy £3.6 billion over four years, as The Guardian, The Times, The Independent and the BBC report?

The Prime Minister and his deputy have got themselves into deep water by repeating claims about the admissions policy at Oxford University.
 

On March 25, The Times published an article headlined “Schools struggle with attention disorder ‘avalanche’”.