As David Cameron himself rued today, it has been four weeks in row of NHS questions from Ed Miliband. Amid the bitter debate, both sides of the House have taunted each other – reeling off names of high profile support or opposition for the Bill and slinging out statistics at high speed. Well it’s time for a check up. Who’s behind the Bill, and who’s against it? FactCheck does a roll call.
Stemming the flood of migration with the UK’s first “immigration cap” was a central pledge in the Conservative Party’s manifesto. They promised to cut immigration from hundreds of thousands, to tens of thousands by the next parliament. How are they doing? FactCheck investigates.
Despite the ring of alarm bells over frontline police numbers, David Cameron told the House of Commons that the thin blue line is actually getting fatter. Is he right? FactCheck investigates.
Prime Minister David Cameron stands accused of getting his facts wrong in the House of Commons after FactCheck revealed front line police numbers were heading down, not up, as he claimed.
Youth unemployment sailed past the million mark last month with much furore, prompting the Office for National Statistics (ONS) to wade into the waters with some perspective. FactCheck takes a look at the findings.
“It makes a huge difference to patients that there are now more midwives working in the NHS than ever before”, said the Health Minister today. There might be record numbers of midwives, but the birth rate is soaring – so how much of a difference can it make? FactCheck investigates.
Are former News of the World journalists too toxic to join their sister publication’s new launch? FactCheck wonders if the Sun on Sunday is answering the SOS of the ex-NoW hacks.
The PM claimed that commercial ties were “deep and growing”. Yet just before Christmas, FactCheck recalls France’s finance minister showing a somewhat less than deep and growing enthusiasm for our economy – and British banks were seen whipping billions out of French bonds. FactCheck takes a look at Britain’s commerce with her old allies.
Take Network Rail, for example. Bosses there have announced they won’t accept their bonuses – but not before the mother of all ding dongs between the transport secretary and her Labour nemesis about whether or not the government had any power over their remuneration.Now, in respectful homage to Dickens and the man of fact and calculations himself, Thomas Gradgrind, FactCheck has unearthed an interesting document which casts light on this dispute.
Are there more people in work today than there were at the time of the last election as David Cameron claims? Channel 4 News FactCheck finds out.
Is Ken Livingstone’s proposal to cut London’s transport fares without hitting services plausible? Channel 4 News’ Factcheck investigates.
Charities have warned that thousands could become homeless when the government introduces a cap on benefits. Iain Duncan Smith says the public don’t understand the definition of homelessness and has given his guarantee that people won’t be left without a home to go to. FactCheck investigates.
As Wikipedia stages a blackout and people claim they will be “helpless” without it, FactCheck looks at how heavily people rely on Wikipedia? And how reliable a source it is.
FactCheck looks at how much foreign investment Scotland attracts, and asks some of the companies investing if they are worried about the prospect of an independent Scotland.
Are energy groups, such as EDF, too quick to put up gas prices when wholesale prices rise, but too slow to drop prices for hard-pressed consumers when wholesale prices drop? FactCheck investigates.