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How many promises has Donald Trump kept in his first 100 days? We’ve analysed a million words from his election speeches - and given dozens of pledges the @FactCheck treatment. Head to channel4.com/trump to find out more.
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11
10,736
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30
45,515
Labour’s Nick Thomas Symonds says his party will ‘bust’ the criminal gangs behind small boat crossings. @krishgm asks what Labour would do about the thousands of people already here who are stuck in the asylum backlog.
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22
34,093
The Greens’ Carla Denyer says other parties ‘could choose to make bold decisions about how you pay for public services and how you raise those funds’. For context, the independent IFS says it’s ‘doubtful’ the Greens would get the £90bn they expect from a carbon tax. #c4debate
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38,550
The Conservatives’ Chris Philp told the #c4debate that England and Wales now has more police officers than in 2010. For context, our @FactCheck analysis finds that we have fewer officers per head of population than in 2009.
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48
1,198
157,400
Reform’s Richard Tice suggested in the #c4debate that since the Conservatives took office “knife crime has almost tripled”. It’s not clear exactly what he has in mind. But official stats show a much smaller rise in recorded knife crime offences overall since 2011.
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8
153
60,176
Ten years ago, England’s NHS was better than Scotland and Wales when it came to the percentage of A&E patients seen within four hours. New analysis shows it’s now the worst of the three - while Scotland performs best. @C4Ciaran explains.
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1,121
348
1,362
498,792
Our @FactCheck analysis finds that every region of England has lost local bus services since 2011, with the North West losing 38% of its “bus miles per person”.
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3,598
How has Wales' NHS fared under Labour since 2013? @C4Ciaran and @FactCheck have been crunching the numbers.
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25
39,136
Exclusive analysis by our @FactCheck team shows just how bad things are getting in Northern Ireland’s health service. The number of people waiting more than 12 hours in A&E is now 36 times higher than it was in 2009. @C4Ciaran reports.
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