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FactCheck: No evidence for Jacob Rees-Mogg’s food bank claims
The Conservative MP said that the “real reason” food bank usage has increased is that the government has allowed Jobcentre Plus to tell people they exist. Under Labour, this was not allowed, he said. But does that claim stand up to scrutiny?
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Top FTSE executive earns 2,500 times more than low-paid employees
The best paid FTSE 100 executive received more than 1,700 times the average UK wage last year, an analysis by FactCheck shows. Sir Martin Sorrell, who runs the advertising and marketing giant WPP, earned more than £48m, including perks and pension. Overall, the highest earning executives in each of the FTSE 100 firms were paid an average of…
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Here are 10 Tory U-turns since the election was called
FactCheck takes a look at 10 key Tory U-turns since the election was called.
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What could the ‘dementia tax’ mean for your future?
The Tories have come under fire after announcing reforms to social care policy in their manifesto last month. But amid the media furore, you might have missed the detail of the policy and the subsequent u-turn. What could it mean for you?
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FactCheck Q&A: Should we nationalise the railways?
Labour has pledged to nationalise Britain’s railways, more than 20 years after the Conservatives sold them off to the private sector. Opinion polls have repeatedly shown strong support for the idea. FactCheck took a look into the details. How would it work? Lots of the infrastructure is already publicly owned by Network Rail, which operates under…
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FactCheck: your Article 50 questions answered
The EU treaties and the laws that flow from them will no longer apply to Britain two years from now.
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Livingstone suspended by Labour Party for Hitler comments
Following a very public row with fellow Labour MP John Mann over his comments about anti-semitism and Nazi history, former London mayor Ken Livingstone is suspended from the Labour party.
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FactCheck: will Brexit protect Britain from terrorism?
Does Britain’s membership of the EU makes us less safe? That’s what Leave campaigners Iain Duncan Smith and Boris Johnson have suggested, among others. Mr Duncan Smith said last month that a Paris-style attack is more likely to happen here if the UK votes to Remain in the EU. And Boris Johnson wrote in a…
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Tax credits: Labour and Lib Dems mount challenge
Labour and the Liberal Democrats will try to use the House of Lords to block government plans to cut tax credits.
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Labour: what does it stand for now?
Labour party policy on issues like Britain’s membership of the EU and nuclear weapons is becoming increasingly hard to pin down.
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FactCheck: Is the government cooking the books on defence spending?
George Osborne surprised many by announcing that Britain will meet its Nato defence spending commitments. Is it too good to be true?
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‘Austerity has won’ – Eurozone bailout deal for Greece
Eurozone leaders have reached an agreement to provide an 86bn euro bailout to keep the near-bankrupt Greece in the single currency.
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FactCheck: the summer budget – what George Osborne isn’t telling you
A “lower-welfare, lower tax” budget, said the Chancellor. As usual, the small print didn’t quite match the rhetoric…
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Greece referendum: Syriza urges voters to reject bailout
Politicians with Greece’s ruling Syriza party, including Prime Minister Tsipras, say the country should vote no in Sunday’s referendum, as the Bank of England warns of a “very dangerous” situation.
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What do Labour’s leadership candidates stand for?
Three of the four candidates to lead Labour are speaking today ahead of the 15 June closing date for nominations. We look at the pitches of Andy Burnham, Liz Kendall, Yvette Cooper and Mary Creagh.