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Are NoW staff rising again at the Sun on Sunday?
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.
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Cameron overstates French investment in the UK
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.
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Is ‘militant secularisation’ taking hold in Britain?
Numerous polls and surveys suggest that the number of people who hold religious beliefs in general, and attend Christian church services in particular, is falling.
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Is loneliness worse than smoking?
The claim “Work matters, particularly for older people, not just for money but absolutely for social contact…We know smoking is really bad for you. But much worse are things like social relationships.” David Halpern, 10 February 2012 The background Buried deep in the corridors of power is a slightly mysterious body called the Behavioural Insight…
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Is sexism bad for the economy?
“Returns on equity, sales and invested capital companies were all significant better in firms with the most women in their top management teams compared to those most dominated by men.”
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What’s really going on with the NHS?
“Does this mean the NHS is falling to pieces under the coalition? Clearly not.”
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Can the government veto Network Rail bonuses?
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.
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Ken v Boris (round three)
“We’re happy to provide the figures for excess journey time that include industrial action, since Ken’s team insist. They show that the measure was still significantly better on average under Boris, even though he had more strikes to contend with.”
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FactCheck Q&A: The final word on the public sector pensions row?
“If the overall generosity of pensions isn’t significantly affected by the most recent proposed changes, why such bitter opposition from the unions?”
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More Tube delays under Ken or Boris?
“The most dramatic difference was in lost passenger hours – a million a month more, on average, under Ken than under Boris.”
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Is Cameron cutting disabled benefits?
“The Honourable Lady is not wrong. But Mr Cameron was only telling half the story when he said: “We are not cutting benefits for disabled children.”
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Cameron nailed on job claims
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.
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Who really stands to lose out under NHS pension changes?
“A consultant retiring aged 60 after 35 years on the median average salary of £120,000 would get a pension of £52,500 a year plus a cash lump sum of £157,500. The equivalent cost of buying this pension in the private sector? Around £1.6m.”
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Can Ken Livingstone deliver a ‘fare deal’ for London?
Is Ken Livingstone’s proposal to cut London’s transport fares without hitting services plausible? Channel 4 News’ Factcheck investigates.
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Why IDS can’t make guarantees on homelessness
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.