National Insurance

The top businessmen that the Tories keep quoting when they cite the national insurance cut may not be aware of the 38,000 jobs that will go under tory plans. FactCheck fills them in.

Tory culture spokesman, Jeremy Hunt, says the proposed rise in National Insurance will cost “hundreds of thousands of jobs” – but is he right?

Ed Balls says that Conservative efficiency savings will mean a cut of £1.7bn from the schools budget, but is he right? FactCheck finds out.