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Is there extra capacity for the students desperate to avoid the fees hike?
“While ministers still expect universities to offer the same number of places they offered last year, they’re not giving them any more money to pay for the extra capacity.”
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Police cuts and the magic shrinking numbers
Eyebrow-raising statistics and verbal gymnastics from Theresa May as she insists police cuts are manageable. FactCheck investigates.
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London’s Met Police vs New York’s NYPD
Boris Johnson doesn’t want America’s Supercop swooping down on the Met Police with his hard-line “zero tolerance” policies. But how does the NYPD with it’s hard-line tactics, compare to the London’s Metropolitan poilce?
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Can councils ‘convict and evict’ rioters?
There was tough talk from the Government today, with Housing Minister Grant Shapps backing councils that want to ‘convict and evict’ rioters from social housing. But is the Government’s bark worse than its bite? FactCheck investigates.
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Does Boris have the right to weigh into the police cuts row?
Boris Johnson got himself in hot water with fellow Conservatives when he bucked the party line on police cuts. But the Mayor of London has already angered opponents over his own record on funding the Met. FactCheck referees.
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How tough can the police get with the rioters?
Curfews, water cannon, troops on the streets. Are any of these practical possibilities in the coming days? FactCheck looks at what the police can and can’t do to get the riots under control.
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Police errors prompted Mark Duggan protest
The Met admit they failed to tell Mark Duggan’s parents that he had been killed by police marksmen, FactCheck learns.
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150 years of British weather forecasts
Britain’s first Weather Man was mercilessly ribbed when he got it wrong. Vice-Admiral Robert FitzRoy declared: “General weather probable during the next two days” in his first weather forecast – which was printed in The Times on August 1, 1861. 150 years on, what’s changed? FactCheck turns Weather Girl.
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Police battle cuts to hold the frontline
Arresting statistics were published today: 34,100 police jobs will be axed in England and Wales by 2015 due to Government cuts – a third of these have already been cut. And the overall figure is an underestimation, Her Majesty’s Inspector of Constabulary (HMIC) admitted.
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Did Piers Morgan boast about phone hacking?
Piers Morgan has demanded an apology from MP Louise Mensch for her allegations that he boated in his book The Insider of phone hacking to win Scoop of the Year. Was Mensch right about Morgan or was it a smear?
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Digging up the truth on Spads
Tuesday was a good day to bury bad news. Like the Government’s increasing reliance on Special Advisers, as FactCheck discovered.
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Is Fox jumping the gun on Army cuts?
The claim Will the Secretary of State confirm whether he has any plans to reduce the size of the Army post-2015?
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Is Cameron really coming clean on meetings with the moguls?
David Cameron revealed today that he had Andy Coulson to stay at Chequers after the phone hacking suspect resigned as Tory press chief over the scandal. Who else has been invited to the PM’s country pile? We may never know the whole story, as FactCheck discovered…
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NHS waiting times face critical test
What has happened to NHS waiting times in the year since the change of government in May 2010? With the official numbers in, FactCheck duly rolled up its sleeves to perform the coalition’s first annual check-up.
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The MoD’s missing millions and the taxi ride for a pair of boots
The tale of the Army boots that cost £700 to get to a barracks provided some light relief in Parliament today. FactCheck put the MoD through its paces.