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What could the ‘dementia tax’ mean for your future?
The Tories have come under fire after announcing reforms to social care policy in their manifesto last month. But amid the media furore, you might have missed the detail of the policy and the subsequent u-turn. What could it mean for you?
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Will expat pensioners really cost the NHS £1 billion?
Media reports say that a bad Brexit deal could double the UK health bill for British expat pensioners. But the statistics appear to be inflated.
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Paul Nuttall’s misleading claim about Muslim women
Paul Nuttall seems to suggest that wearing the face veil is the reason for 58 per cent of Muslim women being economically inactive. That doesn’t make sense.
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The SNP manifesto
Lots of rhetoric, but the detail is lacking. Is the SNP really the anti-austerity party it claims to be?
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Corbyn on Northern Ireland
It’s no secret that the Labour leader has long supported the end of British rule in Ulster.
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How much will Labour’s childcare policy cost?
Jeremy Corbyn was unable to put a figure on how much his party’s proposal to offer 30 hours of childcare a week for all two-year-olds would cost. In an interview for Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour this morning, the Labour leader was repeatedly asked to explain how much public money would be needed to fund the…
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Are Tory cuts to police budgets the reason we need troops on the streets?
Up to 5,000 troops could be deployed to British streets this week following the Manchester attack. Are Tory cuts to police budgets since 2010 the reason we now rely on the army? FactCheck investigates.
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The IFS verdict on Labour, Tory and Lib Dem spending plans
Labour would raise public spending and taxes, while the Conservatives are offering more austerity.
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FactCheck Q&A: Which party has a better track record on the economy?
Who has the better record on managing the economy: Labour or the Conservatives?
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Why has the terror threat level risen to critical and should you do anything?
Theresa May announced on Tuesday that the UK’s terror threat level has now risen to critical, following the attack on a Manchester music concert in which 22 people are now known to have died. Since then, nearly a thousand troops have been deployed to UK streets and high-profile public areas, including outside Buckingham Palace and…
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Theresa May’s misleading claims on the ‘Dementia Tax’ U-turn
The prime minister has been accused of a ‘manifesto meltdown’ after U-turning on the Dementia Tax. Some of her claims don’t pass the FactCheck test.
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Is Theresa May six seats from losing the election?
Theresa May took to Facebook at the weekend to declare she was just six seats away from losing to Jeremy Corbyn. You might think that this is an incredible reversal of fortunes for the party that’s consistently held a double-digit lead in the polls since the election was called. But as FactCheck discovers, things are not quite as they seem.
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What’s the difference between the Tories, Labour and Lib Dems?
Behind the rhetoric, is there any real difference in what the three parties offer voters?
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The Conservative manifesto – the big questions
There is no balance sheet that tells us how all this is supposed to add up…
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FactCheck Q&A: Should we nationalise the railways?
Labour has pledged to nationalise Britain’s railways, more than 20 years after the Conservatives sold them off to the private sector. Opinion polls have repeatedly shown strong support for the idea. FactCheck took a look into the details. How would it work? Lots of the infrastructure is already publicly owned by Network Rail, which operates under…