Economy

CutsCheck is getting wind that George Osborne is launching a new drive to sell state-owned assets as he scrambles to bring Britain’s deficit under control.

FactCheck analyses Lord Hutton’s report on the affordability of public sector pensions

Nick Clegg’s message to activists was simple: that he now leads a grown up party of government. So now he’s come of age, was he responsible enough to get his facts right?

At a time when we are facing deep cuts, it is not acceptable that some people don’t pay their fair share, Danny Alexander said. We will raise an extra £7bn over the next parliament from these plans, he pledged. But how realistic is the commitment?

Channel 4 News FactCheck looks at what it would cost the government to delay a decision on replacing the Trident nuclear deterrent

Channel 4 News FactCheck analyses the London Mayor Boris Johnson’s claim that the government’s cap on immigration from outside the EU is putting the economic recovery at risk

David Cameron and his opponent, acting Labour leader Harriet Harman, clashed over whether unemployment had gone up or down in the Commons. FactCheck investigates who’s right.

Gordon Brown said this morning that Britain leads europe in growth and jobs according to EU figures – but is he right?

The claim “This year, actually, we are borrowing more as a percentage of GDP than the Greeks are. Of course there are differences between Britain and Greece and you can see that in all sorts of ways. But Greece stands as a warning to what happens if you don’t pay back your debts.” David Cameron,…

Gordon Brown claims his fiscal stimulus schemes are at the heart of the recovery.

Leaders’ debate analysis part II from the FactCheck team

In the first dispatch of the day from the FactCheck team we look at the “lying” leaflets claim levelled at Gordon Brown, Nick Clegg’s Trident claims and David Cameron’s pointing of fingers at the Lisbon treaty.

Shadow business secretary, Ken Clarke, asserts that a hung parliament will result in the IMF bailing out the British economy.

The Liberal Democrats could be the deciding party in the next election. Their manifesto gets the FactCheck treatment.

Plaid Cymru published their manifesto on Tuesday – FactCheck took a closer look