News

Election update, 29 April: tax freezes and when Ed met Russell

By Peter Storey • 1 min

Eight days of campaigning remain before it's crunch time for the political parties when voters head to the polls on 7th May and just two stories dominate the print media … Read

Election update, 28 April: polling, the Union, and 'White Van Dan'

By Peter Storey • 2 mins

It's nine days until the election and there is plenty of political news out today. The Daily Mail covers criticism of Labour's 'use it or lose it' proposal to encourage … Read

Election update, 27 April: Labour builds its housing campaign

By Peter Storey • 1 min

News of Labour's proposed housing reforms dominates newspaper coverage for the second day running. The Financial Times, Mirror, the i and Times all lead today with the party's intention to … Read

Election update, 26 April: a test of endurance

By Full Fact Team • 1 min

Housing is back on the agenda today, with Labour's pledge to cap rent increases featuring on the front page of The Observer and The Sunday Times. Read our housing briefing … Read

Election update, 25 April: coalition combinations, polls, and the continuing fallout over Lord Janner

By Laura O’Brien • 1 min

The potential for coalition manoeuvring post-election continues to make headlines, featuring on the front pages of the Financial Times and Telegraph today. Also on the front page of the Telegraph … Read

Economy, Business & Finance

Jobs growth: how much are foreign workers getting?

By Joseph O’Leary • 2 mins

"Under Labour, for years, 90 per cent of job growth was taken up by foreign workers. With the Conservatives, two-thirds of our job growth now benefits British citizens."—David Cameron in … Read

Economy, Business & Finance

Employment: what you need to know

By Charlie Ogilvie • 2 mins

The latest figures on people in work are out today, with new data up to February 2015. Here's what we've learned so far. There are now over 31 million people … Read

Election update, 24 April: spending plans, an English manifesto and foreign policy

By Helen Lock • 1 min

Discussion continues on the economy today, following on from the briefing on the parties' spending plans published by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) yesterday. The Conservatives are expected to … Read

Election update, 23 April: Economy, economy, economy

By Helen Lock • 1 min

Chancellor George Osborne was on the Today programme this morning and the Institute of Fiscal studies is briefing the media today on its analysis of the budget plans in each … Read

Health

Cancer treatment in England and Wales

By Laura O’Brien and Charlie Ogilvie • 2 mins

Ed Miliband has announced that the next Labour government will invest "£150 million each year ... in new cancer diagnostic infrastructure". We wanted to find out how different governments approach … Read