Gary Gibbon
Liberal Democrats and the budget ‘elephant’
Gary Gibbon blogs on the Liberal Democrat manifesto launch and how questions still remain about the figures behind the party’s tax plans.
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Gary Gibbon
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Jon Snow
Speeding through Britain on the election trail – but at what cost?
Jon Snow blogs on his extensive rail journeys he is making to cover the 2010 general election.
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Faisal Islam
Labour’s tax pledge a lost chance for political candour
On the income tax pledge, which is arguably stronger than previous Labour manifesto pledges, as it includes the new top rate tax, it strikes me as a lost opportunity for candour in politics. Clearly guaranteeing rates has little or no impact on the actual tax burden. It makes little sense to guarantee no increase in…
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Labour Manifesto 2010: tax benefits, policing & pensions
Labour’s 2010 manifesto has been given the FactCheck treatment. For more read on.
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Jon Snow
Art, Twitter, and three Labour leaders
Jon Snow blogs on a visit to Richard Hamilton’s new show at London’s Serpentine Gallery.
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Gary Gibbon
Has Gordon Brown passed the Lord Mandelson test?
Gary Gibbon blogs on his #asktheleaders profile of Gordon Brown, and asks whether the prime minister has met the qualities that Lord Mandelson says are needed for a good PM.
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Has overseas aid doubled under Labour?
During PMQs the Prime Minister rattles off the UK’s record on Overseas Development Aid – impressive or not?
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Is Gordon Brown right on choppers in Afghanistan?
During PMQs the Prime Minister claimed that there are more helicopters in Afghanistan than every before but was he right?
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Election 2010 FactCheck is here
Channel 4 News’s FactCheck team will be monitoring political claims thorughout the general election campaign.
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Faisal Islam
The economic dividing lines between the parties
Faisal Islam blogs on the stance of Labour, Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats to cutting the UK’s £167bn national debt.
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Brown’s migration muddle?
Gordon Brown gets in a muddle by using different sets of figures to show that net inward migration is falling.
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Gary Gibbon
What happens after Greece?
Gary Gibbon blogs from Brussels where all eyes are on Greece. But can Gordon stay out of it?
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Gary Gibbon
Budget shows how Labour hopes to neutralise Tory attacks
Channel 4 News political editor Gary Gibbon blogs on how the budget shows Labour’s strategy for neutralising Conservative attacks on the economy.
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Will Sure Start face £200m cuts?
Labour claims the Tories will slash £200m from the Sure Start budget FactCheck finds out if it’s true.