Public spending

Iain Duncan Smith has been on the airwaves justifying the welfare cap, claiming he’s stopping Labour’s out-of-control spending. Is he justified?

David Cameron said “money is no object” when it comes to flood relief. How expensive might that end up for the government? And who is going to pay the most? FactCheck does the sums.

CutsCheck analyses whether police cuts announced this week by the Home Office are worse than individual force had been expecting.

Labour accuses the government of breaking its promise to increase spending on the health service in real terms. Are they right?

FactCheck analyses Ed Miliband’s claim that tuition fees in England will be the highest in the industrialised world – and David Cameron’s claim that students in the US pay more.

CutsCheck analyses which police forces will be hit the hardest by government spending cuts.

FactCheck analyses how important the student vote is to the Liberal Democrats

FactCheck analyses David Cameron’s claim that Labour supports the government’s plan to withdraw the mobility component of disability living allowance from people in state-funded care homes.

FactCheck analyses Health Secretary Andrew Lansley’s commitment to “cut the deficit, not the NHS”.

FactCheck analyses Shadow Chancellor Alan Johnson’s claim that Labour “paid down debt” and controlled borrowing.

FactCheck analyses the claim that defence cuts leave the Falklands vulnerable to attack.

FactCheck analyses Prime Minister David Cameron’s claim that he “succeeded quite spectacularly” by persuading fellow European leaders to increase the EU budget by 3%.

FactCheck analyses a claim from the Prime Minister and Treasury Chief Secretary that Labour MEPs voted for a 6% rise in the EU budget.

A round-up of three of the claims the Chancellor made that the Institute for Fiscal Studies takes issue with.

FactCheck analyses Chancellor George Osborne’s claim that measures in the spending review will not increase child poverty