Search results for ‘jobseekers allowance’
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Paul Nuttall’s misleading claim about Muslim women
Paul Nuttall seems to suggest that wearing the face veil is the reason for 58 per cent of Muslim women being economically inactive. That doesn’t make sense.
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FactCheck Q&A: are a million people using foodbanks?
Britain’s biggest food bank charity says more than 1 million needy people received free food in 2014/15, the biggest number on record. The Trussell Trust says it gave food aid to 1,084,604 people compared to 913,138 in 2013/14 – a 19 per cent increase. Jeremy Paxman tried to corner David Cameron on the growing use…
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Up to a third of jobs on government website are suspect
An investigation by Channel 4 News finds that as many as one-in-three jobs now advertised on the government’s Universal Jobmatch website are suspect.
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10 things Britons think about Britain that are wrong
Britons dramatically overestimate the amount of teenage pregnancy, crime and benefit fraud in the UK. A new report by Ipsos Mori checks the perceptions against the truth.
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FactCheck: are food banks plugging the benefits gap?
Charities say poor people are flocking to food banks because of weaknesses in the welfare state. Is that fair?
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Cameron unveils immigrant benefits crackdown
David Cameron outlines how he will end Britain’s “something for nothing” immigration culture, with curbs on unemployment and housing benefits and access to the NHS.
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Unemployment: why it really is good news
Growth is down but employment is up. It’s a conundrum for economists. Can we rely on the jobless figures or is the government cooking the books? FactCheck finds out.
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New stats highlight A4e’s regional failures
Following revelations from Channel 4 News about the failings of welfare-to-work company A4e, further statistics show their poor performance happening in a region where jobs are plentiful.
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FactCheck: Will disabled people suffer under the Welfare Reform Bill?
“At time of writing, it remains unclear how the government attempts to make the two key numbers match up.”
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FactCheck: Clegg’s Youth Contract vs Labour’s Future Jobs Fund
Youth unemployment sailed past the million mark last week, and within days Nick Clegg has a billion pounds and a plan. The same thing happened in April 2009: youth unemployment hit an all-time high, and Labour rushed out the Future Jobs Fund, pledging a £1bn. But this time it’s different, says Mr Clegg – this time taxpayers will get value for money and the jobs will last longer. Is he right or is FactCheck having a déjà vu?
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Can’t afford a Gap Year? Think again
Missed out on a university place? Take a Gap Year, says spoof backpacker Orlando, “And remember, a gap yah will only cost you an extra 20K. Literally a bargain”. Channel 4 News begs to differ.
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Is Miliband right about benefit cuts to cancer patients?
Ed Miliband picked an emotive subject when he claimed the Welfare Bill would see 7,000 cancer patients lose almost £100 a week in benefits. “How can that be right?” he asked. FactCheck investigates.
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Tuition fees: more student protests despite free year offer
Teenagers from poor backgrounds could have their first year at university paid for by the government, but as Keme Nzerem reports the plans won’t stop the protests.
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Over half of public support benefit changes
More than half of the British public support the Coalition’s planned changes to the benefit system, an exclusive YouGov/Channel 4 News survey shows.
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FactCheck: Who’s right on housing benefit?
The claim “If you are prepared to pay, as we are, £20,000 in housing benefit, there is no reason why anyone should be left without a home.” David Cameron, Prime Minister’s Questions, 27 October 2010 The background For years, headlines about housing benefit claimants have conjured up images of scroungers living in mansions that we…
