Blog posts tagged "Cathy Newman"

May 3, 2012 8:37 pm 1 Comment

Iain Duncan Smith may have said he wants to make work pay, but the department for work and pensions has been written to by its own cleaners who say they aren't paid enough to live on. FactCheck looks at their demands for a "living wage".

February 14, 2012 6:54 pm 35 Comments

Numerous polls and surveys suggest that the number of people who hold religious beliefs in general, and attend Christian church services in particular, is falling.

January 18, 2012 7:30 pm 5 Comments

"If this was a boxing match, we'd give Mr Cameron a narrow win on points."

April 20, 2011 5:50 am 8 Comments

The claim "Filling a hole of half a billion pounds by cutting university places could mean over 30,000 fewer young people going to university."

April 13, 2011 5:13 pm 48 Comments

The claim "BNP say no because they know AV will hurt them." - Yes to Fairer Votes, April 13, 2011 The background The No to AV campaign argues that extremists such as the British National Party, the National Front and the British Union of Fascists would flourish under an AV voting system.

April 12, 2011 5:32 pm 10 Comments

The claim "If you look at Oxford and Cambridge – the percentage of pupils from state schools going to those universities has actually gone down over the last 20 years…Only one black person went to Oxford last year. I think that’s disgraceful." David Cameron MP, April 11, 2011

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.

March 16, 2011 7:25 pm 7 Comments

When Ed Miliband challenged David Cameron over the NHS and EU competition policy in the Commons, it wasn't just the PM who was confused. But did the Opposition leader have a point? FactCheck investigates.

March 11, 2011 6:57 pm 19 Comments

Ten months after they formed the Coalition, the Liberal Democrats list their big achievements. FactCheck takes them to task.

March 2, 2011 7:02 pm 13 Comments

Eric Pickles targets council waste, claiming local authorities can protect front line services by slashing senior salaries and sharing back-office services. Cathy Newman digs in.