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The top businessmen that the Tories keep quoting when they cite the national insurance cut may not be aware of the 38,000 jobs that will go under tory plans. FactCheck fills them in.
Tory culture spokesman, Jeremy Hunt, says the proposed rise in National Insurance will cost “hundreds of thousands of jobs” – but is he right?
The Conservative Party claims it can pay for all cancer drugs on the NHS from the money it “saves” by not implementing the National Insurance rise.
Shadow chancellor George Osborne’s announcement that he will reverse Labour’s planned rise in national insurance puts clear blue water between the main parites, blogs Faisal Islam.
We were joined by Mel Stride, who was the Work and Pensions Secretary until the election and is now running to be Conservative leader.
The chief secretary to the Treasury Darren Jones joined us from Westminster.
The Green party manifesto pledges to increase taxes to fund a £160 billion boost to day-to-day public spending. FactCheck takes a look.
The Liberal Democrats say they plan to spend almost £27 billion more a year by 2029 if they win the next election. FactCheck takes a look.
The Reform party has announced plans for an “employer immigration tax” on companies that choose to employ overseas workers. FactCheck takes a look.
Sir Keir Starmer has unveiled what he says is a long-term fully-costed plan to deliver change. After a brief heckling by a climate protester, he declared that Labour’s number one priority is wealth creation.
Today it was the Green Party’s turn to launch its manifesto, with co-leaders Carla Denyer and Adrian Ramsay pledging to “mend broken Britain”.
Labour have called the manifesto a “a recipe for five more years of Tory chaos”.
Shortly after the manifesto launch, we spoke to the Work and Pensions Secretary Mel Stride
FactCheck takes a look.
FactCheck takes a look.