Blog posts tagged "cuts"

April 19, 2012 5:38 pm 3 Comments

"This is what the government means when it talks about 'increased staffing levels' - that the cut is not quite as deep as first envisaged."

July 21, 2011 5:03 pm 7 Comments

Arresting statistics were published today: 34,100 police jobs will be axed in England and Wales by 2015 due to Government cuts - a third of these have already been cut. And the overall figure is an underestimation, Her Majesty's Inspector of Constabulary (HMIC) admitted.

March 31, 2011 4:03 pm 21 Comments

The border between urban Manchester and leafy Trafford has become the front line in a fierce political battle over who's to blame for cuts to local services. FactCheck gets to work.

March 29, 2011 7:08 pm 12 Comments

FactCheck learns the unions are spoiling for a fight over police cuts - and the Government could be leaving police chiefs in a legal minefield.

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.

December 14, 2010 7:00 pm 2 Comments

The claim “My understanding is that the 15 per cent figure – that was quoted by the Shadow Home Secretary - is wrong, and that it is an interpretation of the House of Commons library figures rather than the House of Commons library figure.” Home Secretary Theresa May MP, Select Committee, December 14, 2010