Media Integrity
Express: paying pensions and child benefit is “madness”
Today’s front-page lead on the Daily Express – LABOUR’S £186BN BENEFITS MADNESS – revealed that in 2009/10 spending on benefits […]
Education spending cuts? Telegraph figures called into doubt
The Daily Telegraph's front page today announces that, "Education spending to be cut by £100m." But a deeper look at the figures reveals that total spending by the Department for Children, Schools and Families will increase in real terms by 1.37% from 2009-10 to 2010-11. If expenditure on innovation, universities and skills is included, spending still increases by 0.68%.
Public support tax increases
A Populus poll in yesterday's Times revealed that 60% of voters favour tax increases to help close the budget deficit despite a headline declaring that, "Voters back Tories over big cuts in spending."