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4 May 2015

Election claim pitfalls: comparisons over time

In our General Election Factcheck 2015 report, we include five common pitfalls when it comes to political claims. These are errors that politicians often fall into, and are all too … Read

Analysis
4 May 2015

Manifesto clash: recent housebuilding

"House building is at its highest since 2007" - Conservative manifesto "We will make sure that at least 200,000 homes a year get built by 2020—almost double the current level" … Read

Analysis
3 May 2015

Manifesto clash: mental health

"We have legislated to ensure that mental and physical health conditions are given equal priority" Conservative manifesto "In 2012, we […] wrote equality for mental health into law. We are … Read

Analysis
30 April 2015

Economy, Business & Finance

BBC Question Time: deficit of UK and Greece

"We inherited a deficit forecast to be worse than Greece's" — David Cameron, 26 March 2015 "The budget deficit was forecast to be bigger than the budget deficit in Greece" … Read

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30 April 2015

Economy, Business & Finance

Election 2015: Jobs

There are now just over 31 million people in work. 73.4% of people aged 16-64 are employed, the highest rate since records began. And 1.84 million people are unemployed, giving … Read

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