Peter Storey

6 May 2015

NHS bureaucrats: 20,000 fewer under the Coalition?

"What we did in terms of changing the NHS is we got rid of 20,000 bureaucrats"—David Cameron, 26 March 2015 There is no clear definition of a 'bureaucrat', which tends …

6 May 2015

How does British defence spending compare with the rest of the world?

"We have the second largest defence budget in NATO and the largest in the EU"—Conservative manifesto, page 77 The above claim is true if you use one measurement of global …

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1 May 2015

Election update, 1 May: leaders Q&A and election deals

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. …

29 April 2015

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

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 …

28 April 2015

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

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 …

27 April 2015

Election update, 27 April: Labour builds its housing campaign

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 …

16 April 2015

Faulty figures or misinterpretation? EU migration predictions under Labour

"You were predicting figures of between 5,000 and 13,000 immigrants a year from the expansion of the EU in 2004 and actually something like 400,000 people came in" — Jeremy …

14 April 2015

NHS privatisation: the numbers

In response to claims that the NHS is being privatised under the coalition, the Prime Minister has said there's been a "tiny increase" in the proportion of NHS spending going …

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13 April 2015

Has the North East witnessed the largest jobs growth in the UK?

"The North East is smaller in terms of overall population, but the jobs growth has been faster in the North East than in the rest of the country"—Matthew Hancock, 13 …

7 April 2015

What even is 'normality' for annual net migration?

"We will aim to bring immigration in this country back to normality …up until 1998, we had between 20,000 and 50,000, perhaps an average of 30,000 people a year (net) …

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NHS bureaucrats: 20,000 fewer under the Coalition?

How does British defence spending compare with the rest of the world?

Election update, 1 May: leaders Q&A and election deals

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

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

Election update, 27 April: Labour builds its housing campaign

Faulty figures or misinterpretation? EU migration predictions under Labour

NHS privatisation: the numbers

Has the North East witnessed the largest jobs growth in the UK?

What even is 'normality' for annual net migration?

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