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Ten facts the parties got wrong on the campaign trail
Fact-checking played a more prominent role in this election than any previous campaign. Now that voting is over here is our round up of the the best examples of fact-checkers …
Read more…Claim and counter claim over IFS report
Yesterday's Institute for Fiscal studies report assessing the main parties plans to cut the deficit, showed large gaps in each set of proposals. This has not stopped each party claiming …
Read more…Labour's social housing record
With long waiting lists for social housing, are the Conservatives right to claim that the building of new affordable homes has been lower under Labour?
Read more…The civil service: the Government's record
Union leader Mark Serwotka has accused the Government of presiding over huge job losses in the civil service. Full Fact's investigation suggests this was an exaggeration. Civil service numbers have …
Read more…Government advertising
Reports have accused the Government of trying to influence the election by increasing spending on advertising. But how many of these adverts are as "highly political" as is claimed?
Read more…Political party funding — the lobbyists' loophole?
The recent controversy involving MPs offering influence in return for cash from lobbying firms has been dubbed by some commentators as "bigger news" than the expenses scandal that rocked Parliament …
Read more…Party funding: an imagined consensus?
In Prime Minister's Question Time yesterday Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg accused both Labour and the Conservatives of being guilty of blocking a deal on political party funding. Mr Clegg …
Read more…"Health warning" on PCS claims over civil service pay gap
With the civil service out on strike, the dispute has unsurprisingly boiled down to claim and counter claim between the Public and Commercial Services union (PCS) and the Government. Beyond …
Read more…Convictions on the DNA database?
In a major speech on crime Gordon Brown again made the claim that the DNA database plays a significant role in solving crimes. It is a contentious political issue, with …
Read more…Lobbying: A scandal unknown?
David Cameron last week called political lobbying "the next big scandal waiting to happen". In a major speech on transparency in politics he said "secret corporate lobbying, like the expenses …
Read more…Immigration figures: Councils vs the ONS
Immigration was back in the news today, as a group of councils disputed offical figures regarding the effect of immigration on local population levels. Yesterday, the FT reported warnings by …
Read more…The Tories, death and taxes
The Tories' latest campaign attack poster has ruffled a few Labour feathers. The advert, which centres on a claim that Labour will introduce a £20,000 inheritance tax rate to pay …
Read more…Full Fact fights bad information
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