Blog posts tagged "Patrick Worrall"

May 14, 2012 6:49 pm 4 Comments

"He's also right that overall clinical staff levels have risen...but only if you choose your time frame carefully."

May 9, 2012 6:25 pm 5 Comments

It was a short Queen’s Speech, and for some not a very sweet one - with the government taking a beating for making no mention of some key policies. Is it the Lib Dems' fault as Mr Cameron claims? FactCheck looks at what was missing in the Speech and why.

May 2, 2012 11:47 am 4 Comments

There have been tears, laughter, and the odd stray F-word. The London mayoral race has been high on emotion and more than usually bad-tempered. Boris Johnson has been slightly more careful with his facts, choosing to deal in aspirations rather than promises. Ken Livingstone has made some extravagant claims which have landed him in hot water. Here's the verdict from FactCheck HQ on a very irritable election.

April 20, 2012 5:46 pm 16 Comments

"We can’t remember the last time the PM came out with two whoppers in one speech."

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."

11:11 am 4 Comments

Which generation has been hit hardest by the government's austerity measures? It is the question that has been at the top of the political agenda since the budget sparked accusations that the government was raiding pensioner's pockets with a new Granny Tax. FactCheck investigates.

April 17, 2012 12:29 pm 3 Comments

"The IPPR actually thinks the figures show the reverse of what Mr Grayling wants them to show."

April 3, 2012 6:03 pm 18 Comments

"Various Argentinian governments have also made the point that the archipelago is much closer geographically, which is certainly true but not usually relevant in law. If it were, the Faroe Islands would be British, the Channel Islands French and Alaska Canadian."

March 30, 2012 6:18 pm 4 Comments

"The conference is sponsored by Pearson, the publishing giant which happens to sell the kind of textbooks and assessment systems that the World Literacy Foundation are calling for governments to invest in."

March 21, 2012 6:54 pm 11 Comments

"It's such a huge shortfall that both sides have only just stopped short of accusing each other of cooking the books."