Spending Review

George Osborne says he is spending an “unprecedented” amount on the NHS. So why do critics insist there is a historic squeeze on budgets?

Do we really need another benefits cap? How will it work – and is it right to exclude pensioners?

The Chancellor’s threat to take away the benefits of anyone refusing to learn English is given an ‘F’ for fiction by FactCheck.

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

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

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 the British/French defence treaties.

Pensioners escaped relatively unscathed from the slashing Spending Review with their universal Winter Fuel Payments intact, although the top-up the last government introduced for two years is still due to come to an end. But is it just the vulnerable that benefit?

Education Secretary Michael Gove admits the some of the funding for the Pupil Premium will come from elsewhere in the education budget, as FactCheck previously found out.

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