Blog posts tagged "Budget"

March 21, 2012 6:54 pm 11 Comments

"It's such a huge shortfall that both sides have only just stopped short of accusing each other of cooking the books."

1:23 pm 2 Comments

"Is a true Briton to have no privacy? Are the fruits of his labour and toil to be picked over, farthing by farthing, by the pimply minions of bureaucracy?"

March 23, 2011 6:50 pm 7 Comments

The devil in the detail of George Osborne's second Budget: a windfall for the nuclear industry, a cash cow for the Treasury and another turn of the screw for families already feeling the pinch.

February 2, 2011 1:47 pm 11 Comments

"It is also important we end the sensationalist myths about the local housing allowance reforms in 2011…In London around 750,000 private rental homes will still be affordable." Lord Freud, minister for welfare reform, South London Press, January 11, 2011.

October 21, 2010 5:16 pm No Comments

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

August 12, 2010 2:38 pm 4 Comments

“As we reduce our deficits, I think it is very important that we both argue to make sure that the European budget is, over time, reduced rather than increased.” David Cameron, August 12 2010

April 14, 2010 5:38 pm No Comments

Plaid Cymru published their manifesto on Tuesday - FactCheck took a closer look

March 24, 2010 7:25 pm 12 Comments

Key claims in Alistair Darling's 2010 budget - FactChecked.