Blog posts tagged "GDP"

July 27, 2011 3:05 pm 10 Comments

A few alarm bells went off in the Channel 4 newsroom yesterday when the Chancellor flagged up jobs growth as the silver lining to some rather gloomy GDP figures. Is growth in the public sector worth shouting about? FactCheck investigates.

May 23, 2011 4:27 pm 8 Comments

The claim "Fact of the day (because the BBC won't tell you): UK spending cuts are currently smaller than €urozone average" Tim Montgomerie, Conservative Home editor, on Twitter, May 23 2011

January 26, 2011 7:07 pm 16 Comments

The claim "He is going too far and too fast with deficit reduction and that is what is inhibiting growth in this country" Ed Miliband, Labour leader, Prime Minister’s Questions, 26 January 2011

January 25, 2011 6:11 pm 15 Comments

"They are clearly disappointing figures but the statisticians tell us that the weather had a huge effect – we had the coldest December for 100 years, businesses were closed, people couldn’t get to work... So we’re not going to be blown off course by the bad weather."

November 29, 2010 7:03 pm 3 Comments

The Treasury tells FactCheck that Chancellor George Osborne "misspoke" when he said economic growth will be higher in every quarter in every year compared to the OBR's June forecasts.

April 25, 2010 12:48 pm 6 Comments

Gordon Brown claims his fiscal stimulus schemes are at the heart of the recovery.