Emma Thelwell

The claim “This Meeting deplores the government’s misleading and inaccurate talking down of health outcomes in the UK in order to justify its White Paper reforms and Health Bill in England.”

The claim “Each family (is) to pay over £1,000 for a vanity project” TaxPayers’ Alliance letter to The Daily Telegraph, March 10, 2011

The claim “He’s wrong. ACPO aren’t talking about frontline officers, so he’s simply wrong about that.” David Cameron MP, Prime Minister’s Questions, March 9, 2011 “Now we hear that companies who have been burgled are going to be sent fingerprint kits in the post.” Ed Miliband MP, Prime Minister’s Questions, March 9, 2011

As an independent review into police pay and conditions recommends savings of almost £500m, the Association of Chief Police Officers warns that planned Government cuts will still cost around 28,000 jobs in forces up and down the country. Are they right? FactCheck investigates.

The claim: “Should AV pass, the cost of electronic vote counting necessitated by AV will be £130 million”

The claim “More than 50,000 NHS staff posts are set for the axe” The TUC flags research by False Economy, February 23, 2011

Cathy Newman checks out the numbers on NHS doctors and managers.

The claim “The level of youth unemployment actually went up by 40 per cent under the last government” David Cameron MP, Prime Minister’s Questions, February 16, 2011

The claim “We are using PFI to ensure value for money and that the public interest and public services are properly protected when we increase public investment.” Gordon Brown, The Times, September 26, 2002

The claim “This is potentially costing us £160 million, so we have to come forward with proposals, because I do not want us to spend that money; it is not right.” David Cameron MP, Prime Minister’s Questions, November 3, 2010

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

The claim “George Osborne has actually delivered a tax cut for the banks compared to last year, even after today’s announcement.” Ed Balls MP, responding to the Chancellors’ increased bank levy, February 8, 2011

The claim “Yvette Cooper should know that Alan Johnson refused to guarantee police numbers, and (Ed) Balls admitted he would cut force budgets by over £1bn a year” Policing Minister Nick Herbert MP, Radio 4’s World this Weekend

The claim “When Ed Miliband was born, his share of the national debt was under £600” The background Ed Miliband said in a speech on inter generational fairness today that the ‘British promise’ – his somewhat clunky version of the American Dream – is under threat.

“It is also important we end the sensationalist myths about the local housing allowance reforms in 2011…In London around 750,000 private rental homes will still be affordable.” Lord Freud, minister for welfare reform, South London Press, January 11, 2011.