July starts cool – when will it warm up?
It’s been a cool start to July across the UK. Is it set to warm up anytime soon?
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The Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves was left with a multi-billion pound black hole in her spending plans when the government adopted some of the revenue-raising policies she was planning to bring in – should Labour win the next election.
Cathy Newman discovers that the Lib Dems can’t keep their promise on Sure Start children’s centres as the cuts start to bite.
The Prime Minister got rather flustered today when the question of cuts to frontline services reared its ugly head in the Commons. FactCheck gets to work.
The claim “On Sure Start, the budget is going from £2,212m to £2,297m – that budget is going UP, that is what’s happening” David Cameron MP, Prime Minister’s Questions, February 9, 2011
Three months on from the Spending Review, when the Chancellor pledged to protect Sure Start children centres (and one month since FactCheck last looked at Sure Start) – charities are warning that 250 such centres could be shut.
The claim “Sure Start services will be protected in cash terms, and the programme will be refocused on its original purpose.” Chancellor George Osborne MP, Spending Review statement, October 20, 2010 Cathy Newman checks it out The chancellor couldn’t have been clearer. When he set out £81bn of spending cuts, George Osborne was clear that…
Labour claims the Tories will slash £200m from the Sure Start budget FactCheck finds out if it’s true.
Over the coming weeks, parents will be told how they are failing their children, starting with next Thursday’s SureStart evaluation. But how will voters respond to the criticism, asks Gaby Hinsliff.
It’s been a cool start to July across the UK. Is it set to warm up anytime soon?
The first 10 days of June have been cooler than average for most of us. Are there any signs of summer-like warmth?
The UN chief António Guterres has accused fossil fuel companies of being the “godfathers of climate chaos”, and called for advertising which promotes them to be banned.
Exclusive FactCheck analysis lays bare the state of England’s health system.
The report’s findings have heaped enormous pressure on the London Fire Brigade Commissioner, Andy Roe, who has vowed radical reform.
On Friday, the project run by the charity Change Grow Live will close for good.
Labour is calling for public bodies to buy British goods, saying it will help kickstart the economy and protect workers rights and conditions.