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Economy, Business & Finance
At PMQs Harriet Harman and others grilled the Prime Minister on issues from child benefits, cancer diagnosis, and school policy. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
George Osborne says the government legislated for £21 billion in welfare savings over the last parliament. What actually happened to spending? Read
Economy, Business & Finance
David Cameron says the government's troubled families programme saved £1.2 billion. But we don't know what the effect of the programme actually was. Read
The £220 billion welfare budget includes pension costs, which aren't going to be cut. Read
We've checked PMQs claims on welfare spending, house building, record wage growth, rapes reported in London and women living in refuge Read
Claims that 2015 election was the 'most expensive' ever are based on donations, but spending during election time is capped, and we don't have figures yet. Read
Last week we wrote about a notification sent to mobile users of a correction from the Guardian news app, which we thought was a correction to an article. Read
We've checked claims from PMQs on inequality, trade and productivity Read
This week the Guardian app popped up with a notification alerting phone users to a correction to one of its pieces. It's a very good way of making sure readers … Read
It's the end of the world as we know it. Or it's a plan to "reform and modernise our human rights legal framework". We'll just describe it as the Conservative … Read
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