Is Chris Grayling giving the New Deal a fair deal?
Chris Grayling says the Flexible New Deal has cost £31,284 for every person it got into a job—but can it really be that bad? Read
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Four million jobs created: 70% foreign workers?
The welfare reform debate has seen a widely cited statistic of 70% of 4 million jobs created going to foreign workers. Yet when Full Fact took a closer look, there seemed to be a number of problems with such claims... Read
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Assessing Labour on jobs and benefits
Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary Douglas Alexander has accused the Government of presenting a "distorted" account of Labour's record on the employment. As he tries to set the record straight we examine his claims. Read
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£100 bn: the cost of family breakdown?
In a speech yesterday to the charity Relate, Iain Duncan Smith appeared to put the cost of "broken families" in Britain at £100 billion. So, at least, thought the media. Was this really what he meant? And if so, where did it come from? Read
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NHS spending: Rising in real terms regardless?
A row has broken out between the parties over whether health spending will still increase regardless of whether an additional £1 billion in funds for social care is included. Full Fact takes a look at the arguments... Read
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Spending Review: Social Housing
As Full Fact continues an examination of the debates surrounding the Comprehensive Spending Review with a look at the the claims the Chancellor made with regard to social housing. Read
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Did Labour cut or expand the number of quangos?
Cabinet Office Minister Francis Maude yesterday announced the names of the quangos due to be culled in the forthcoming Public Bodies Bill. However is the previous Government to blame for the large number of quangos in the first place? The Tories and Labour's Tessa Jowell suggest differently. Read
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Did Labour double council tax?
The Prime Minister David Cameron today accused Ed Miliband of ignoring the 'squeezed middle' whilst in Government, allowing council tax to double since 1997. Did this actually happen, and if so, how should we apportion responsibility? Read
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Did Labour cut funding for universities?
With controversy erupting in Westminster over Lord Browne's review of Higher Education, the President of Universities UK today claimed that Labour oversaw a £400m reduction in university budgets. Is this a full and fair representation of the previous Government's record? Read
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Is the UK jobless households rate Europe's highest?
An inaccurate headline cropped from a valid claim has now been repeated in Parliament by Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith. Full Fact unearths the full story on comparative rates of jobless households. Read
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