Blog posts tagged "youth unemployment"

April 19, 2012 4:53 pm No Comments

Earlier this month the Lib Dem HQ advertised its internship scheme for 2012 - FactCheck investigates how far it promotes "socially mobility".

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.

March 6, 2012 5:31 pm 21 Comments

"Some people will be antagonised by any discussion of the fact that spiralling unemployment is hitting black people the hardest", Diane Abbott wrote in today's Guardian. And rightly so. But some people will be further antagonised by the possibility that Britain's first black female MP may have got her facts wrong. Has she? FactCheck investigates.

March 5, 2012 5:48 pm 11 Comments

The firm might have expected its promise to create 20,000 jobs over the next two years to be enthusiastically endorsed - or at least, to borrow from its own slogan, to be embraced with the verdict "every little helps". But few are prepared to take what Tesco says on trust. Do these figures strip out jobs lost? Are they full-time posts? Over to the team.

February 24, 2012 1:28 pm 33 Comments

"Much like the French Foreign Legion, the scheme is "entirely voluntary" to enter, but there may be an element of compulsion later on if you decide to leave."

February 22, 2012 5:56 pm 3 Comments

Youth unemployment sailed past the million mark last month with much furore, prompting the Office for National Statistics (ONS) to wade into the waters with some perspective. FactCheck takes a look at the findings.

January 18, 2012 7:30 pm 5 Comments

"If this was a boxing match, we'd give Mr Cameron a narrow win on points."

December 14, 2011 4:04 pm 13 Comments

Mr Miliband reminded MPs of the Chancellor's optimistic assessment at the time of the spending review in November last year. George Osborne said at the time that private sector job creation would "far outweigh" cuts in public sector employment. But have those high hopes - based on forecasts from the independent Office of Budget Responsibility, been dashed?

November 25, 2011 6:14 pm 12 Comments

Youth unemployment sailed past the million mark last week, and within days Nick Clegg has a billion pounds and a plan. The same thing happened in April 2009: youth unemployment hit an all-time high, and Labour rushed out the Future Jobs Fund, pledging a £1bn. But this time it's different, says Mr Clegg - this time taxpayers will get value for money and the jobs will last longer. Is he right or is FactCheck having a déjà vu?

November 16, 2011 1:00 pm 4 Comments

“These figures show just how much our economy is being affected by the crisis in the eurozone.” Chris Grayling, September 16 2011 The background The employment minister has pinned the blame for this week’s dire unemployment figures firmly on the sovereign debt crisis in Europe. We’ve already FactChecked the claim – increasing popular on the [...]