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When Full Fact published its original investigation into statistics on wind power backup costs used in a recent Civitas Report, we raised concerns that certain figures could have been mis-counted based on evidence from the original source from which the research was drawn.
Last week Full Fact complained to the Daily Mail after it claimed that eight out of ten people tested for eligibility for Employment and Support Allowance were found "fit for work".
As we pointed out at the time, the Government figures actually explicitly stated that 57 per cent were found "fit for work" by Work Capability Assessments (before appeals), while a further 21 per cent were also eligible for the benefit as part of the Work Related Activity Group (WRAG).
On Wednesday Full Fact investigated the Shadow Health Secretary's claim that 70 per cent of prisoners have two or more mental health conditions.
David Miliband returned to the limelight yesterday, writing an article in the New Statesman, which received a mixed reception in the media.
In it he discussed New Labour's record in government and this included a defence of Labour's record on poverty. The article Miliband cites Roy Hattersley, the former Labour front-bencher, as having recently claimed that Labour “would never dare mount a real attack on poverty” in government.
Since Parliament returned from its Christmas break last month, the turbulent progress of the Government’s health reforms towards the statute book has been much-scrutinised.
The topic was singled out by Labour Leader Ed Miliband in both of his most recent two appearances at Prime Minister’s Questions, with one point in particular proving ever-controversial: that of waiting times.
Today's Express presented readers with a startling headline:
VIAGRA-FUELLED OVER-45S ARE IN THE GRIP OF SEX EPIDEMIC
Last week Full Fact found potential problems with the Daily Express' reporting of rises in the FTSE 100:
This week has seen the BBC Radio 4's flagship political show - the Today programme - come under fire for apparently being too dominated by men.
On Monday the Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries (Ed Vaizey MP) told the House of Commons that "some 84% of reporters and guests on Radio 4’s “Today” programme are men."
In David Cameron's speech to the European Court of Human Rights yesterday, the Prime Minister spoke of a 'once in a generation' chance to change the court's procedures for good.
During his speech, Mr Cameron used an striking example of the most extreme kind of inadmissible case - an applicant demanding compensation because a long-distance journey across Europe was less confortable than had been advertised.
Yesterday Ed Miliband, the Leader of the Opposition, published a letter calling on Prime Minister David Cameron to correct the record on a number of 'inaccurate' claims made in Prime Minister's Questions yesterday.
He cited several instances in which the Prime Minister supposedly made errors. Among them were claims made with regards to Disability Living Allowance:
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