Mythbusters

Mythbuster: Immigration – the real story December 2012
Isabelle Koksal counters the right wing myths with some facts and figures

Mythbuster: Tall tales about welfare reform August 2012
Ben Baumberg, Kate Bell and Declan Gaffney tackle some of the most common welfare myths

Mythbuster: The truth about the unions November 2011
As the Tories and their pals in the press ratchet up the anti-strike rhetoric, Red Pepper knocks down some of the myths they throw at the unions

Pensions: what private finance doesn’t want you to know June 2011
Richard Minns and Sarah Sexton take on the lies about retirement provision

Higher education: the lie-busting low-down February 2011
Cristina Delgado Garcia and Luke Yates explain why university cuts aren’t fair or needed

There is an alternative – unlock the surplus December 2010
UK companies are sitting on £600 billion, writes Duncan Weldon

Countering the cuts myths August 2010
The government and the press say we are in the grip of a debt crisis caused by the 'bloated' public sector. Here, Red Pepper debunks the myths used to push cuts to jobs and public services