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CutsCheck: Mortgage interest payment help – the quiet cut
People who get government help to pay their mortgage interest are going to see that help cut by half from October 1st. It may save £15m but who’s it going to hit the hardest?
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CutsCheck: who cares about social care?
CutsCheck looks at what cuts to local authority budgets are likely to mean for social care for older people
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Welcome to CutsCheck
FactCheck is expanding into CutsCheck, a new web service to check out what the government spending cuts really mean. We’ll scrutinise the cuts ministers announce, scrutinising the figures to tell you who will be affected, where it’ll hurt most, and how much will really be saved.
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CutsCheck: Northern Exposure
During the Labour conference in Manchester, CutsCheck looks at the cuts the city council is making ahead of the comprehensive spending review next month.
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Is there an “aggressive new atheism” in the UK?
The Pontiff and his people are worried an “aggressive” secularism is undermining traditional values in British society. But is he right?
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More uni places than ever?
David Willetts claims there are more people at university than ever before. Cathy Newman investigates.
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Why Cameron will struggle to slash EU budget
“As we reduce our deficits, I think it is very important that we both argue to make sure that the European budget is, over time, reduced rather than increased.” David Cameron, August 12 2010
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How much does benefit fraud cost?
David Cameron says benefit fraud and error costs £5.2bn a year. FactCheck with Cathy Newman investigates the numbers.
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Did Cameron get violent crime figures right?
David Cameron says violent crime almost doubled under the last government, but is he quoting the figures selectively?
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Low civil service pay?
How does civil service pay compare to jobs in the public sector and the private sector?
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How much will employment increase?
David Cameron says employment will increase – but new figures out today show 600,000 public sector jobs face the chop. FactCheck investigates.
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Annual immigration cap and the EU
Today Theresa May announced a temporary limit on the number of skilled migrants who can enter the UK from outside the EU, to avoid a “rush” before a permanent cap is set next year. But how much of an impact can this have when Britain is part of the EU, where workers flow freely between most countries?
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Pensions: is everyone living longer?
Iain Duncan Smith says people are living longer and healthier lives than ever. But will plans to raise the state pension age hurt the rich more than the poor?
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Does budget hurt rich more than poor?
George Osborne claims the coalition’s first budget is progressive, but the IFS thinks otherwise.
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June budget 2010: housing benefit, child poverty and taxes
Cathy Newman and the Channel 4 News FactCheck team examine the claims in George Osborne’s first budget.