Posts belonging to Category "Liberal Democrats"

April 19, 2012 4:53 pm No Comments

Earlier this month the Lib Dem HQ advertised its internship scheme for 2012 - FactCheck investigates how far it promotes "socially mobility".

January 16, 2012 6:40 pm 4 Comments

"There's good evidence that the John Lewis effect is not just a fluke. Employee-owned companies, particularly the smaller businesses the government is so keen to back, often do better than others."

December 22, 2011 1:05 pm 8 Comments

The biggest political porkies of 2011: Channel 4 News' FactCheck team run through the dodgiest politics claims of the year.

September 20, 2011 4:40 pm 4 Comments

It's a bullish claim for a party with miserable poll rates. But the Lib Dems are insistent: things are on the up. "At least they flipping well better had be," says Tim Farron. Is their Deputy Leader telling them the whole story? FactCheck tots up the stats.

1:04 pm 15 Comments

"Mr Huhne said the average consumer would be 'better off' by the end of the decade...that's a claim that immediately set alarm bells ringing at FactCheck Towers.

September 5, 2011 12:24 pm 14 Comments

Nick Clegg claims half of the 24 Free Schools opening are in the 30 per cent worst off areas in England. Is he right - what are these schools and are they opening in deprived areas? FactCheck gets its red pen out.

May 9, 2011 4:43 pm 5 Comments

The claim “We got more votes than Labour. You wouldn’t believe it listening to Ed Miliband, but actually they were defeated in the local elections, which is pretty staggering for an opposition.” George Osborne, 08 May 2011 The background Almost everyone except Nick Clegg is claiming that Thursday’s local election results were good news. The [...]

April 28, 2011 12:40 pm 6 Comments

The claim "This (Margaret Thatcher's Government) was organised wickedness given the veneer of legitimacy by an electoral system that gave 100 per cent of Government power despite being opposed by 60 per cent of the population." Tim Farron, President, Liberal Democrats, at AV cross-party event, 27 April 2011

April 26, 2011 4:21 pm 8 Comments

The claim "The change to AV will cost up to an additional £250 million" - No to AV

11:44 am 42 Comments

FactCheck's Twitter followers asked us for a round-up of the biggest claims made by the Yes to AV and No to AV camps. With the referendum on May 5th, many said there are still too many smoke and mirror tactics to make an informed decision.