Blog posts tagged "Poverty"

January 23, 2012 6:32 pm 11 Comments

Charities have warned that thousands could become homeless when the government introduces a cap on benefits. Iain Duncan Smith says the public don't understand the definition of homelessness and has given his guarantee that people won't be left without a home to go to. FactCheck investigates.

September 28, 2010 1:01 pm 138 Comments

People who get government help to pay their mortgage interest are going to see that help cut by half from October 1st. It may save £15m but who's it going to hit the hardest?

April 14, 2010 7:46 pm 1 Comment

The Liberal Democrats could be the deciding party in the next election. Their manifesto gets the FactCheck treatment.

February 3, 2010 3:30 pm 1 Comment

A quick one from the archive: we cast our eye back over some of the most dubious statements made by politicians of all kinds last year, as debunked by FactCheck. Miscounting Gurkhas “What I can’t do, which is what some are asking me to do but the judge did not, is to grant every Gurkha [...]

August 19, 2008 4:41 pm No Comments

The Tories say severe poverty has increased under Labour, but do the figures ring true?