Blog posts tagged "deficit"

January 11, 2011 7:41 pm 12 Comments

The claim “…the deficit is…not high by either historical or contemporary standards” Len McCluskey elected head of Unite, The Guardian, December 19, 2010. “Of course there’s a deficit – we’re not deficit deniers.… the figures you’ve got are clearly not the figures that I’ve got” Len McCluskey, Radio 4’s Today programme, January 11, 2011. The [...]

January 6, 2011 7:41 pm 18 Comments

The claim “My concern is that a great deceit designed to damage Labour has led to profoundly misguided and dangerous economic decisions that I fear will cause deep damage to Britain’s future. What is this deceit? It is that the deficit was caused by chronic overspending rather than a global financial crisis that resulted in [...]

December 16, 2010 5:39 pm 5 Comments

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

December 3, 2010 11:48 am 3 Comments

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

November 24, 2010 5:36 pm 3 Comments

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.

November 23, 2010 6:30 am 8 Comments

FactCheck analyses Health Secretary Andrew Lansley's commitment to "cut the deficit, not the NHS".

November 2, 2010 6:01 pm 1 Comment

FactCheck analyses the British/French defence treaties.

October 29, 2010 4:12 pm 13 Comments

FactCheck analyses Prime Minister David Cameron's claim that he "succeeded quite spectacularly" by persuading fellow European leaders to increase the EU budget by 3%.

October 19, 2010 3:47 pm No Comments

FactCheck analyses the Defence Secretary Liam Fox's claim that the Coalition Government has inherited a £38bn "black hole" from the Labour administration.

September 27, 2010 1:39 pm 19 Comments

CutsCheck looks at what cuts to local authority budgets are likely to mean for social care for older people