Welfare spending, wage growth and housing: factchecking Prime Minister's Questions
We've checked PMQs claims on welfare spending, house building, record wage growth, rapes reported in London and women living in refuge Read
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We've checked PMQs claims on welfare spending, house building, record wage growth, rapes reported in London and women living in refuge Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The UK makes up a 7% share of the world's welfare spending, according to the Chancellor. But it seems to be based on unpublished "internal analysis". Read
Claims that 2015 election was the 'most expensive' ever are based on donations, but spending during election time is capped, and we don't have figures yet. Read
Crime
The Ministry of Justice issued corrected figures for prison overcrowding in last week. Unfortunately, these figures were wrong. Read
Crime
Two prisoners occupy a cell intended for one. How many are living in 'crowded accommodation'? Some prisons have been counting only one prisoner. Read
Europe
The EU misspent €7 billion in 2013. Would that have paid for 10 new hospitals? Read
Education
What impact are increasing pupil numbers having on infant class sizes? Taking into account both lawfully and unlawfully large classes, there are growing numbers with 31 or more pupils. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The OECD have forecast that the UK will be the fastest growing G7 economy in 2015, while the IMF have it in second place. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Britain does have a structural deficit, but that doesn't just mean that the government spends more than it receives. Read
Last week we wrote about a notification sent to mobile users of a correction from the Guardian news app, which we thought was a correction to an article. Read
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