George Osborne’s GDP growth mix-up
The claim “Growth is higher in every quarter in every year than in the June forecast.” Chancellor George Osborne, House of Commons, 29 November 2010 The background Today the Office for Budget...
View ArticleFactCheck: Tories vs Labour on government borrowing
The claims “Fact Tories don’t like: it’s this govt that is set to borrow £46 billion more because of slower growth & higher unemployment.” Alex Belardinelli, Ed Balls’ political adviser, tweeting...
View ArticleFactCheck: will we make a profit from the bank bailouts?
The claim “The overall recovery from the bank interventions is in the order of £14bn of magnitude.” Harriet Baldwin, 11 June 2015 The background Labour’s decision to pump tens of billions of pounds...
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