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Clash of the manifestos: TTIP and the NHS
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Education
Clash of the manifestos: university fees
"Our reforms to university funding mean you do not have to pay anything towards tuition while studying, and only start paying back if you earn over £21,000 per year"—Conservative manifesto … Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Clash of the manifestos: how can you be £900 better off and £1,600 worse off?
"With inflation at a record low, the latest OBR forecasts show that living standards will be higher in 2015 than 2010, and are set to grow strongly every year for … Read
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Health
Clash of the manifestos: are NHS waiting times up or down?
"Already millions more people can see a GP 7 days a week, from 8am-8pm"—Conservative manifesto "Fewer patients waiting longer than the 18, 26 and 52 week targets than in May … Read
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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 … Read
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Education
Free school meals for infants: questions remain on impact
The Liberal Democrats have pledged to "Extend free school meals to all children in primary education as resources allow and following a full evaluation of free meals for infants". We don't know yet wh Read
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Immigration
Clash of the manifestos: the net migration target
"We will keep our ambition of delivering annual net migration in the tens of thousands, not the hundreds of thousands"—Conservative manifesto "Despite the Conservatives' promise to reduce net migration to … Read
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Immigration
Clash of the manifestos: the scale of immigration
"Non-EU migration cut by 13 per cent—and economic migration from outside the EU capped"—Conservative manifesto "Britain has seen historically high levels of immigration in recent years"—Labour manifesto These claims aren't … Read
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Immigration
Clash of the manifestos: do we have exit checks or not?
"We have already re-introduced a proper system of exit checks across the country"—Conservative manifesto "We will introduce full exit checks, so that we can count people in and out of … Read
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Health
Clash of the manifestos: NHS staffing
"Over the last five years, we have hired thousands more doctors and nurses"—Conservative manifesto "[We have] increased the NHS budget every year in real terms, helping fund nearly 10,000 more … Read
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