Channel 4 News - FactCheck

FactCheck: public spending PMQs

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:40:00 +0100

When will investment spending start to fall? And can the Tories really want unemployment to rise? And when is a zero per cent rise a rise?

FactCheck: Mandelson out of time?

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:49:00 +0100

Lord Mandelson says there is no more time to push plans on selling stakes in the Royal Mail through parliament before their summer break. But just how busy are our MPs?

FactCheck: is debt coming down?

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:13:00 +0100

Ed Balls claims the budget sets out how the national debt will fall. Is he right?

FactCheck: Tories and TV licences

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:44:00 +0100

Labour leaflets claim the Tories would scrap free TV licences for pensioners. "Rubbish," says David Cameron. Who's right? FactCheck goes to task.

FactCheck: who is cutting spending?

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:05:00 +0100

Is public spending set to rise or fall? Brown and Cameron trade claims; FactCheck looks at the numbers.

FactCheck: how many BNP votes?

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 09:51:00 +0100

Nick Griffin attacks claims that the BNP got fewer Euro election votes than last time. How do the numbers stack up?

FactCheck: Brown's reform record

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:36:00 +0100

The prime minister says he has called for constitutional reform for the last two years. FactCheck takes a look at his record.

FactCheck: Bradshaw on expenses

Tue, 26 May 2009 16:07:00 +0100

Has minister Ben Bradshaw voted for parliamentary reform as much as he claimed to the public?

FactCheck: declaring MPs' expenses

Mon, 11 May 2009 16:02:00 +0100

Senior Conservative MP Alan Duncan says he was the first MP to publish receipts for expenses, but is his claim as transparent as it seems? FactCheck finds out.

FactCheck: DNA - innocent or guilty?

Thu, 07 May 2009 16:03:00 +0100

Home Office minister Vernon Coaker was keen to stress that keeping DNA records of people found innocent had led to finding the culprits of other crimes, but is he right?

FactCheck: Brown's YouTube broadcast

Wed, 06 May 2009 16:48:00 +0100

The prime minister is back on YouTube this week setting out his "four pillars" for the economy. YouTube if you want to, Gordon, but FactCheck sees how sturdy the claims are.

FactCheck cited in Gurkha debate

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:19:00 +0100

FactCheck's investigation into the number of Gurkhas eligible to move to the UK under new immigration rules is used in the Commons debate that led to Gordon Brown's first defeat as PM.

FactCheck: Brown's Gurkha 'battle cry'

Wed, 29 Apr 2009 16:41:00 +0100

Gordon Brown tells his critics that 4,000 Gurkhas will be able to enter the UK under new immigration rules. But is his battle cry just a decoy? FactCheck finds out.

FactCheck: 100,000 more Gurkhas?

Mon, 27 Apr 2009 15:09:00 +0100

Immigration minister Phil Woolas told Channel 4 News that relaxing the rules for Gurkhas further would mean up to 100,000 people coming to live in the UK. Is he right?

FactCheck: budget 2009

Wed, 22 Apr 2009 15:53:00 +0100

Chancellor Alistair Darling's second budget was a gloomy affair full of eye-wateringly large figures, but did he crunch the numbers correctly? FactCheck finds out.