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A claim that Labour’s energy plans could save households up to £300 on their bills has re-emerged, after reports that the figure had been dropped by the government. In an … Read
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At #PMQs @Keir_Starmer said “800,000 pensioners are not taking up Pension Credit”. Government figures show 1.4 million people currently claim Pension Credit, and up to 880,000 people are eligible but … Read
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In a speech in the Downing Street garden today, the Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said there’s a “£22 billion black hole in the public finances”. We’d already heard Labour … Read
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The Labour party chair and minister without portfolio, Ellie Reeves, said on Sky News this morning: “We’ve come into government. We’ve fixed the disputes with the junior doctors, so that … Read
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The Secretary of State for Wales, Jo Stevens, claimed earlier today that the last Labour government saw the highest patient satisfaction and the shortest waiting lists in the NHS’s history. … Read
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This week saw A-level results released across England, Wales and Northern Ireland, and politicians from both sides of the House have repeated claims that we’ve looked at before. Speaking on … Read
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We’ve been asked to have a look at comments made by the Conservative MP and former minister David Davis MP on a recent episode of Leading, an interview strand of … Read
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Following the news that Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris has chosen her running mate (Minnesota governor Tim Walz), we’ve seen coverage of the US election in some UK newspapers this … Read
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You may have noticed it’s been slightly quiet over here on our politics blog. Parliament rose for its summer recess on 30 July, just a few weeks after the general … Read
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The Conservatives have claimed Labour “lied” about how much its energy plans would save people on their energy bills. Labour said during the election that its plan to achieve ‘clean … Read
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