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FactCheck: would Labour’s War Powers Act work?
Jeremy Corbyn is calling for a War Powers Act to require the government to get parliamentary approval before military interventions. But would it actually achieve the accountability Labour want?
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The government’s rules for reporting gender pay gaps are toothless. Here’s why.
By midnight tonight, every employer with more than 250 staff will have published information on how much men and women in their organisations get paid. Or at least, that’s what the law requires. The firms that have published data so far reveal that 78 per cent pay men more than women, while 13 per cent…
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Channel 4 gender pay gap far worse than average
Channel 4 has revealed that its female staff are paid on average nearly 29 per cent less than its male staff. The gender pay gap at the organisation is far worse than the national average and the BBC. Cathy Newman spoke to Channel 4’s new Chief Executive Alex Mahon about the figures.
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MPs bullying allegations
The Prime Minister has said she is concerned about allegations of bullying of Parliamentary staff by MPs – including claims about House of Commons Speaker John Bercow – that were reported last night by the BBC. There have been calls from Downing Street and across Westminster for the complaints to be investigated. MPs weren’t sitting…
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FactCheck: High-profile deaths on British soil with alleged links to the Kremlin
Former Russian spy Sergei Skripal in hospital after exposure to what is believed to be a nerve agent. There’s no conclusive evidence yet to tell us who’s responsible. But this isn’t the first time that someone with links to the Kremlin has been attacked on British soil.
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How much are MPs paid?
MPs are set to receive a pay rise of 1.8 per cent this year, bringing their total salary to £77,379. Announcing the decision, the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority said it was increasing wages to keep them in line with public sector pay. FactCheck looks at the bigger picture.
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FactCheck: Have universities become ‘bloated’ under higher tuition fees?
The average UK vice chancellor gets paid six times as much as a lecturer. And there’s no evidence that senior pay is linked to university performance.
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Is Brexit really going to cost £2 billion a week?
There’s a new Brexit battle bus in town, funded by a group who want to “tell the truth about the costs of leaving the EU.” FactCheck takes a look.
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The government is fighting ISIS online – but could it censor journalists?
The government has developed new technology which can “automatically detect terrorist content” online.
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Online abuse: do we need new laws?
There have been calls for new laws to tackle online abuse. But legislation already rules against everything from threats to harassment and grossly offensive messages. So is the problem in policing, rather than the law?
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Does Labour’s plan to give 8,000 houses to the homeless actually work?
Jeremy Corbyn said a Labour government would “immediately purchase 8,000 properties across the country” to house homeless people. The policy has been effective in other countries, but Labour’s numbers are less convincing.
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What would it take to trigger a Conservative leadership election?
Could Theresa May be on her way out of Number 10? FactCheck takes a look at what could happen next.
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FactCheck: what is Labour’s policy on Brexit?
It can be hard to keep up with what Labour frontbenchers are saying about Brexit. FactCheck takes a look.
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Is a UK-France bridge possible?
The foreign secretary, Boris Johnson, has hinted at the prospect of building a road bridge between the UK and France. FactCheck asks whether such a project would be feasible – and what challenges engineers would be up against.
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No statistics for Chris Grayling’s claim over rail unions
The Transport Secretary said that unions “caused the vast majority of disruption” on the Southern rail network. But the report he based this on used personal judgement, not statistics.