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Education
We've taken a look at competing claims about apprenticeships in the Conservative and Labour manifestos for the 2015 general election. Read
Perhaps unsurprisingly, almost all newspaper covers today are dedicated to the arrival of the royal baby. In other news, the Independent gives the three main party leaders' last pitch to … Read
A week today people in the UK may be waking up to a new government - or a possibly lengthy process of negotiations in the event of a hung parliament. … Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The Conservatives have published their election manifesto. We've taken a look at their claims on the economy, jobs, taxes, and the NHS, taken from David Cameron's speech as the manifesto … Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The Liberal Democrats have launched their election manifesto. We've checked their claims on the economy, health spending, mental health and apprenticeships, taken from Nick Clegg's speech at the manifesto launch, … Read
Economy, Business & Finance
"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
Europe
UKIP pitched up in Thurrock today, where Nigel Farage and Suzanne Evans delivered speeches launching the party's general election manifesto. We've looked at some of the headline claims on Europe, … Read
Economy, Business & Finance
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
On the election news radar this morning, the Daily Mail's front page says 10 million voters are still undecided. If you're one of those undecided voters, we hope you'll benefit … Read
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
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