Blog posts tagged "Spending"

December 8, 2010 7:21 pm 5 Comments

Labour accuses the government of breaking its promise to increase spending on the health service in real terms. Are they right?

November 15, 2010 7:50 pm 2 Comments

The Education Secretary says the Coalition is spending more than £16bn over the next four years on school building - just under twice what was spent in the first eight years of Labour. Is he right?

August 11, 2010 5:23 pm 6 Comments

The claim “Labour’s leadership candidates say that spending was not the problem. It was taxes. Nonsense. In just two financial years up to the election, public spending rose by 10 per cent in real terms. That’s a rise after inflation of £59 billion.” Chris Huhne MP, Climate Change Secretary, press conference attacking “Labour’s legacy”, 11 [...]

March 30, 2010 7:56 pm 3 Comments

Channel 4 News FactCheck examines the claims in Ask the Chancellors.

March 24, 2010 7:25 pm 12 Comments

Key claims in Alistair Darling's 2010 budget - FactChecked.