David Cameron says the use of food banks rose tenfold under Labour. What’s the FactCheck verdict?
The PM claims he’s given tax collectors an extra £900m. All well and good, but FactCheck finds he’s actually taken more away.
The official statistics watchdog says it will look into claims that David Cameron breached the law when he hinted that good news can be expected in tomorrow’s GDP figures.
David Cameron rules out giving prisoners the vote despite the advice of his chief law officer in the face of pressure from the European court of human rights.
Not so much an omnishambles as a combishambles – as twitter has dubbed it. David Cameron’s energy bills announcement has been unravelling now for over 24 hours.
Energy Minister John Hayes, tells parliament that the forthcoming energy bill will be used to “get people lower tariffs” but stresses that policy is still under discussion.
Gary Gibbon
David Cameron says he will legislate so energy companies offer customers their lowest tariff. But is he just following Ed Miliband’s lead. And in any case, is it practical?
Prime Minister David Cameron tells MPs he has seen no evidence that Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt acted improperly over the failed BSkyB bid.
“This is what the government means when it talks about ‘increased staffing levels’ – that the cut is not quite as deep as first envisaged.”
Despite the ring of alarm bells over frontline police numbers, David Cameron told the House of Commons that the thin blue line is actually getting fatter. Is he right? FactCheck investigates.
Gary Gibbon
David Cameron delivered the support for Andrew Lansley that was advertised ahead of Prime Minister’s Questions – he has “better career prospects” than Ed Miliband, the PM said. Maybe he could’ve found something slightly more supportive, given by his measurements that’s a pretty low bar.
Gary Gibbon
Gary Gibbon reports from Edinburgh as Alex Salmond lays out more detail of his plans for an independence referendum.
Are there more people in work today than there were at the time of the last election as David Cameron claims? Channel 4 News FactCheck finds out.
“If this was a boxing match, we’d give Mr Cameron a narrow win on points.”
“Sources in the rail industry have told FactCheck there was nothing to stop Labour from specifying a longer period of time in this document if they had really wanted the change to last longer than one year.”