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FactChecking Clegg, Cameron and Brown in the final TV leaders’ debate
FactChecking the third TV leaders’ debate.
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Does number of Europeans here equal Brits abroad?
Gordon Brown told Gillian Duffy that “a million people come from Europe but a million British people have gone into Europe” – but was he right? FactCheck mounted a full investigation.
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Do Tories encourage special needs children in mainstream schools?
The claim Jonathan Bartley: “Why doesn’t your manifesto say that you want to encourage children [pointing at his disabled son Samuel] into mainstream schools?” David Cameron: “It absolutely does say that sir, I promise you.” David Cameron, confronted by a parent (see video below) in South London, 27 April 2010 Cathy Newman checks it out…
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‘Coalition of cuts’ – Labour spin or cause for concern?
FactCheck takes a closer look at Child Tax Credits and where each of the parties stand on this benefit.
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NHS has more nurses and a hundred new hospitals?
The claim “You are a force now of half a million nurses, 80,000 more than in 1997… We have built more than 100 new hospitals and we’ve built hundreds upon hundreds of new health centres and walk in clinics.” Gordon Brown, speech to the Royal College of Nurses, 26 April 2010 The analysis Lets take a…
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Can the Tories gain ‘safe’ Labour seats?
The Tories are now targetting an extra 20 Labour seats after worries that they won’t win as many Lib Dem seats because of Clegg-mania – but are these “safe” Labour seats winnable?
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Britain falling down the world school league tables?
The claim “The current system, run by Ed Balls and Gordon Brown for the last 13 years, has seen us move down the international league tables so other countries have moved ahead of us in literacy, in mathematics, in science.” Michael Gove, Today, BBC Radio 4, 26 April 2010 The background Record exam results are…
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MoD employs one civilian for every two soldiers?
Nick Clegg says the MoD employs one civilian for every 2 serving military members of staff – but does his claim give the full picture?
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Johnson: 83 per cent of asylum cases not genuine?
The Home Secretary says 83 per cent of asylum cases aren’t genuine – but do the figures back him up? FactCheck doesn’t think so.
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Can Brown take credit for the economic recovery?
Gordon Brown claims his fiscal stimulus schemes are at the heart of the recovery.
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Leaders’ debate round 2: FactChecked
A full round-up of and links to Channel 4 News FactCheck’s analysis of claims made by Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Nick Clegg in the second televised leaders’ debate.
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Did Brown authorise leaflets containing ‘lies’?
The claims “David, I have not authorised any leaflets like that.” Gordon Brown, Leaders’ debate, 22 April 2010 Cathy Newman checks it out We’ve just published a FactCheck which shows that David Cameron was right that Labour’s leaflets contained “lies” – but that’s only half the story. The bigger question is this: did Gordon Brown authorise the dodgy claims? He…
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Labour’s lying leaflets but what about the others?
With David Cameron exposing Labour’s leaflets which contain – we’ve taken a look at both the Tories & the Lib Dems leaflet campaigns.
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Leaflets from Labour are ‘pure & simple lies’
David Cameron accuses Gordon Brown of spreading Labour “lies” about the Conservative party in their leaflets.
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Clegg’s elderly couple who travel by bus to keep warm
The claim “I got a letter a few months ago from an elderly couple who said to me they now find it so difficult to heat their homes on cold winter days that on those cold winter days they get into a bus in their town and travel round the bus just to stay warm.”…