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Tories admit their NI plans will still cost jobs
The top businessmen that the Tories keep quoting when they cite the national insurance cut may not be aware of the 38,000 jobs that will go under tory plans. FactCheck fills them in.
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Lib Dems claim £13.5bn hole in Tory plans
Liberal Democrats join in on the row over Tory tax plans? They claim there’s a £13.5bn black hole – FactCheck takes a closer look.
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Has overseas aid doubled under Labour?
During PMQs the Prime Minister rattles off the UK’s record on Overseas Development Aid – impressive or not?
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Will NI rise cost hundreds of thousands of jobs?
Tory culture spokesman, Jeremy Hunt, says the proposed rise in National Insurance will cost “hundreds of thousands of jobs” – but is he right?
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Is Gordon Brown right on choppers in Afghanistan?
During PMQs the Prime Minister claimed that there are more helicopters in Afghanistan than every before but was he right?
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Is Vince Cable’s economic reputation fully deserved?
Is Lib Dem Treasury Spokesman Vince Cable’s reputation as the voice of economic sanity really deserved? FactCheck takes a look.
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Will £200m saving on NI fund more cancer drugs?
The Conservative Party claims it can pay for all cancer drugs on the NHS from the money it “saves” by not implementing the National Insurance rise.
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Did Balls get his sums right on schools budget cuts?
Ed Balls says that Conservative efficiency savings will mean a cut of £1.7bn from the schools budget, but is he right? FactCheck finds out.
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Election 2010 FactCheck is here
Channel 4 News’s FactCheck team will be monitoring political claims thorughout the general election campaign.
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Are the 2012 Olympics bad for Scotland, as SNP claims?
SNP make a number of claims about how the 2012 Olympics are detrimental to the Scottish economy.
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Labour dossier: marriage tax breaks, non-doms & council tax freezes
Labour’s dossier on Tory tax and spend gets a thorough going over by FactCheck
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Conservative campaign: right on re-offenders & wealth gap?
FactCheck unpicks the Conservative Campaign on Labour’s record.
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Will the Welsh budget be slashed?
Plaid Cymru accuses the “London parties” of planning to slash & burn budgets in Wales
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Stats watchdog ticks off PM over immigration figures
The UK Statistics Authority has written to the prime minister over his inaccurate use of immigration figures in a podcast last week.
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Social care for all – but do the sums add up?
Analysis of the government’s key policy in the social care white paper – free care for all.