Blog posts tagged "Nick Clegg"

March 16, 2012 4:23 pm 6 Comments

"To the best of our knowledge, British courts have refused to extradite seven people since 2004 but the Americans have never turned down a request from Britain."

September 5, 2011 12:24 pm 14 Comments

Nick Clegg claims half of the 24 Free Schools opening are in the 30 per cent worst off areas in England. Is he right - what are these schools and are they opening in deprived areas? FactCheck gets its red pen out.

August 26, 2011 4:48 pm 5 Comments

"There's currently no legal mechanism for forcing offenders to agree to meet their victims. If the rioters don't feel like a face-to-face showdown then, as things stand, they won't have to do it."

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.

February 18, 2011 5:32 pm 30 Comments

FactCheck analyses claims made about AV by David Cameron and Nick Clegg

December 9, 2010 5:12 pm 19 Comments

Nick Clegg tells reporters that no part-time students will have to pay tuition fees upfront. FactCheck with Cathy Newman finds otherwise.

December 8, 2010 6:19 pm 12 Comments

FactCheck analyses Ed Miliband's claim that tuition fees in England will be the highest in the industrialised world - and David Cameron's claim that students in the US pay more.

December 7, 2010 5:52 pm 15 Comments

FactCheck analyses how many Liberal Democrat MPs will rebel in the vote on university tuition fees.

December 2, 2010 4:53 pm 7 Comments

FactCheck analyses how important the student vote is to the Liberal Democrats

November 30, 2010 5:45 pm 4 Comments

Deputy Prime Minister says the government's system of tuition fees is more fair than a graduate tax. Is he right?