Search results for ‘public service cuts’
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FactCheck: England’s NHS ten times worse than in 2011 on four key measures
Exclusive FactCheck analysis lays bare the state of England’s health system.
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Cost of Living Debate: how bad is it going to get?
In our special Cost of Living Debate, the people of Darlington have their say.
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FactCheck: Sunak’s £330 tax cut claim
Not everyone will benefit by that amount.
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FactCheck: can Truss pay for her promises without breaking ‘fiscal rules’?
She says her plans are “affordable”.
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Exclusive: Fears of social worker exodus with staff facing ‘impossible’ workloads
Britain is facing an exodus of social workers, the government has been warned, as a new report suggests staff are “utterly exhausted” by a soaring and more complex caseload.
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Anger as UK helps poorer countries fight Covid – by slashing other aid
Labour and Conservative MPs have criticised the government for including help for poorer countries battling Covid in its overseas aid budget – a decision that could lead to even deeper cuts in other areas than already expected.
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Johnson unveils £5bn buses and cycles package
Boris Johnson unveiled a £5bn, five-year package for bus services and cycle lanes in England, as the government attempts to reverse some of the many years of austerity cuts to public transport.
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FactCheck: is Labour’s ‘£6,000 savings’ claim misleading?
FactCheck thinks that almost every figure Labour have used is questionable.
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FactCheck: will the Conservatives ‘send Trump £500 million a week’?
It would cost the health service £500m a week if British patients had to pay the same price for drugs as people in the US do.
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FactCheck: would food be cheaper in a no-deal Brexit?
The government says tariff cuts ‘will mean lower prices in shops’ but experts say these will be cancelled out by no-deal costs.
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FactCheck: did austerity kill 120,000 people?
That was the claim shared by Jeremy Corbyn — but is it true?
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FactCheck: is Boris Johnson really giving the NHS “new money”?
NHS experts have cast doubt on whether the £1.8bn is really new, and whether it is enough to make a difference to cash-strapped hospitals.
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FactCheck: is austerity reducing life expectancy?
Life expectancy in England is not growing at the rate that experts predicted before 2011. What’s going on?
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FactCheck: Conservatives cherry-pick home ownership stats
Home ownership rates have increased in recent years, but are still well below where they were 20 years ago.
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FactCheck: does the UK support May’s Brexit deal?
Overnight polling from YouGov suggests people are generally negative about government negotiations with the EU so far.