Cathy Newman
How can MPs win the trust of mums?
What do mums think about politicians? Not much, Cathy Newman finds, and with 75 per cent of the House of Commons male – that doesn’t look likely to change soon.
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FactCheck: where are the missing 6,000 Lib Dems?
Shoring up the party faithful, Tim Farron, new Lib Dem leader, promised that “20,000 new members had joined” since May. FactCheck’s been trying to find them.
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FactCheck: who runs Britain in the summer holidays?
David Cameron will return to Cornwall later after interrupting his holiday over events in Iraq. Who is in charge while he is away from Downing Street?
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Cathy Newman
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Westminster’s battle of the sexes – FactCheck Q&A
From the so-called “Blair babes” to opposition cries that one in four of Tory female MPs elected in 2010 is leaving, is the face of Westminster really looking more manly? FactCheck has a look.
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Gary Gibbon
HS2 vote: ‘Come if you want to’
Tories and Lib Dems are running a three line whip on the HS2 vote – but it’s a “come if you want to vote for it, do feel free to spend half term with the family if you don’t” three line whip.
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Gary Gibbon
Parliament likely to back limited military strikes on Syria
The recall of the House of Commons to debate Syria on Thursday suggests that US-led military action is scheduled to happen before the beginning of next week.
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Whitehall’s revolving doors – FactCheck Q&A
Dave Hartnett used to be top taxman but is now to work with Deloitte. Who does he follow? FactCheck gets behind the revolving doors of Whitehall.
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Gary Gibbon
Boris: I’ll never run for Parliament again
Boris Johnson tells Gary Gibbon that he will never run for Westminster – or for the party leadership – and that being London Mayor is the best job in politics.
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FactCheck: The biggest porkies of 2011
The biggest political porkies of 2011: Channel 4 News’ FactCheck team run through the dodgiest politics claims of the year.
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Gary Gibbon
Tory MP: ‘We need blue nose-pegs’
As Parliament returns after the recess, one 2010 intake Tory MP tells Gary Gibbon he is thinking of getting a bulk order of blue nose-pegs to wear as he voted for measures he loathed but which Lib Dem coalition partners had secured in negotiations.
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FactCheck: Casting an Eye over Westminster’s jailbirds
As another politician hears the clang of the prison gates, FactCheck looks at the Palace of Westminster’s soaring crime rate.
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FactCheck: Who really ‘won’ the local elections in England?
The claim “We got more votes than Labour. You wouldn’t believe it listening to Ed Miliband, but actually they were defeated in the local elections, which is pretty staggering for an opposition.” George Osborne, 08 May 2011 The background Almost everyone except Nick Clegg is claiming that Thursday’s local election results were good news. The…
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FactCheck: Is Cameron filling the Lords with Coalition cronies?
The claim “These appointments would create an even bigger majority for the Coalition in the Lords and risk reducing its role to a mere rubber stamp for the House of Commons.” Ed Miliband MP, in a letter to David Cameron, November 19, 2010
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Bringing competition – and the EU – into the NHS
When Ed Miliband challenged David Cameron over the NHS and EU competition policy in the Commons, it wasn’t just the PM who was confused. But did the Opposition leader have a point? FactCheck investigates.
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'Violence inevitable at tuition fees protest'
Chief Correspondent Alex Thomson looks at how violence erupted at the student demonstration against tuition fees on 9 December 2010.
