5 persistent falsehoods about events in Ukraine
Here are the five most common myths about events in Ukraine, together with a short explanation of why they are wrong.
Zero hour contract consultation attracts 36,000 responses
A government consultation on zero-hours contracts has been flooded with 36,000 responses from people wanting to talk about problems and abuses.
UKIP come clean about why they really oppose gay marriage
UKIP’s opposition to gay marriage is not for pragmatic reasons, but is based on outdated bigotry.
Budget 2014: GDP per capita will not return to previous peak until 2017
If we look at the small print of the OBR document (table 1.5), it actually says that GDP per capita is not expected to return to its pre-recession peak until 2017.
Budget 2014: Who is being hit hardest
The winnders and losers from today’s Budget.
Unemployment down 63,000 to 2.33 million
Unemployment decreased by 63,000 between November 2013 and January 2014 to 2.33 million, with the unemployment rate now at 7.2 per cent, today’s labour market statistics reveal.
Budget 2014: Seven things you should expect today
What to expect when George Osborne is at the dispatch box today.
24 Tory tax rises under George Osborne
Since the coalition came to power in 2010, George Osborne has introduced 24 tax rises.
Three proposed tax cuts that are anything but progressive
Some of the tax cuts being proposed by the Tories and the Lib Dems sound good, but in reality they are highly regressive.
Duncan Smith department promoting ‘negative perceptions’ of benefit claimants
A group of MPs has slammed the government for using official statistics inaccurately to spin stories about benefit claimants.