copenlu/druid huggingface dataset:
Claim: Two decades ago, around 26,000 people were waiting for social housing. Now that figure is over 45,000 (Belfast Telegraph, 2023-10-07)
Evidence (2024-01-01): Social housing in this country dates back as far as the late 19th century, but the 1919 Housing and Planning Act saw the government embark on the first comprehensive plan to build social housing. Led by councils, this was the foundation of a large-scale programme of building that stretched through to the latter half of the 20th century. [...] At the same time, the powers and resources that local authorities previously had to build and manage social housing faced new restrictions. By 1983, social housebuilding had halved in just three years to 44,240. [...] 1.4 million fewer social homes today than in 1980 151,000 children growing up in temporary accommodation in England 1.3 million households on social housing waiting lists
Claim: Two decades ago, around 26,000 people were waiting for social housing. Now that figure is over 45,000 (Belfast Telegraph, 2023-10-07)
Evidence (2024-01-30): Labour's housing secretary Angela Rayner called the announcement "absolute rubbish", as some people already on waiting lists were waiting more than a decade to access social housing. [...] Applications for social housing in England are determined by local councils, which can set their own eligibility terms. [...] The National Housing Federation, which represents housing associations, said "serious policy and proper funding" was required to deliver tens of thousands of social homes.
Claim: Two decades ago, around 26,000 people were waiting for social housing. Now that figure is over 45,000 (Belfast Telegraph, 2023-10-07)
Evidence (2024-01-01): Social housebuilding in England is at its lowest rate in decades. More people than ever are struggling to afford a secure place to live. Yet, not enough social homes are being built. [...] Many families and households who should be in social housing are now instead in the private rented sector, with its more expensive rents, worse conditions and lack of security The number of households privately renting has more than doubled since 1980.
Claim: Two decades ago, around 26,000 people were waiting for social housing. Now that figure is over 45,000 (Belfast Telegraph, 2023-10-07)
Evidence (2015-04-14): A history of social housing - Published [...] It was against this backdrop that "right to buy" began to take off, with the number of council houses sold in England going up from 7,000 in 1970 to nearly 46,000 in 1972. [...] Efforts to build more social housing in the dying days of Gordon Brown's premiership were, most observers agreed, too little and too late.
Claim: Two decades ago, around 26,000 people were waiting for social housing. Now that figure is over 45,000 (Belfast Telegraph, 2023-10-07)
Evidence (2024-03-06): Social housing lettings are when social housing properties - homes owned by social landlords - are rented by households at cheaper rents than in the private sector. Social landlords can be a local authority (often known as "council housing") or a private registered provider (which includes housing associations). They must be registered with the Regulator of Social Housing. In most areas, social housing is allocated by the local authority. Each local authority runs a "waiting list" as there are more people applying for social housing than properties available. In 2022/23, 17% of households in England lived in social housing[footnote 1]. [...] 58% of households who were new to the social housing sector in 2022/23 were on the waiting list for less than a year in that local authority area before they got their letting. 9% of households were on the waiting list for 5 years or more before getting a social letting in that area. [...] Of the 1.29 million households on the social housing waiting list on 31 March 2023, 593,000 had been granted Reasonable Preference in at least one category (46%)[footnote 4].
Claim: Two decades ago, around 26,000 people were waiting for social housing. Now that figure is over 45,000 (Belfast Telegraph, 2023-10-07)
Evidence (2023-12-18): - Official data for the past two quarters shows that over 45,000 applicants are on Northern Ireland’s social housing waiting list. [...] According to those figures, a total of 45,292 applicants are on the social housing waiting list. Data for the previous quarter also showed over 45,000 applicants on the list. [...] That report is accompanied by official figures that cover the past two decades which show that, in 2002-03, there were 26,248 applicants on the waiting list.
Claim: Two decades ago, around 26,000 people were waiting for social housing. Now that figure is over 45,000 (Belfast Telegraph, 2023-10-07)
Evidence (2022-09-03): These can be restrictive, however. Young people needed to marry or wait until they attained the age of 35 to qualify, for instance. Economic migrants making up c15% of the total population are not eligible for HDB housing. [...] In that light, the 1919 Addison Act provided for ‘Homes for Heroes’. It introduced generous government subsidies for new public housing with generous space and quality standards, supported by an imposed duty for local authorities to provide such housing, where local housing conditions required it. [...] The post-war economic expansion amid accompanying full employment amid growing mass affluence that brought most wage earners into the income tax base also allowed increasing numbers to step onto the housing ladder. By the early seventies owner occupation was the majority tenure.
Claim: Two decades ago, around 26,000 people were waiting for social housing. Now that figure is over 45,000 (Belfast Telegraph, 2023-10-07)
Evidence (2012-01-17): According to the Gambella Regional Government’s "Villagization Program Plan 2003 EFY" for 2010, the goal of Gambella’s program is to "provide basic socioeconomic infrastructures" and "ultimately to enable them food secured [their food security] and to bring socioeconomic & cultural transformation of the people."[42] The original concept was to resettle 45,000 households across Gambella region over the three years of the life of the project, with approximately 15,000 households the first year. However, according to media reports and a subsequent implementation plan,[43] 26,000 households will be moved in the first year because, according to Gambella Governor Omod Obang, "the resettlers are showing keen interest for the program."[44] In his letter to Human Rights Watch, Shiferaw Teklemariam stated that 20,243 households were moved the first year (2010/2011).[45]
Claim: Two decades ago, around 26,000 people were waiting for social housing. Now that figure is over 45,000 (Belfast Telegraph, 2023-10-07)
Evidence (2024-06-17): Person living in their own home.
Claim: DUP MPs voted against a pay rise for nurses, firefighters, and police officers. (Shehab Khan, 2017-06-29)
Evidence (2017-06-29): On 28 June 2017, all 10 DUP MPs voted against an amendment on the Queen’s Speech, to end the public sector pay cap. On 13 September 2017, Ian Paisley MP spoke in favour of the passed motion to lift the pay cap in the NHS. However, as a result of the devolved Agenda for Change arrangement, the agreed pay awards do not automatically extend to NHS nurses in Northern Ireland.
Claim: DUP MPs voted against a pay rise for nurses, firefighters, and police officers. (Shehab Khan, 2017-06-29)
Evidence (2024-10-09): Members of all but one nursing union in England have now voted to accept a 5.5% pay rise, while midwives in Wales have taken a stand against their deal.
Claim: DUP MPs voted against a pay rise for nurses, firefighters, and police officers. (Shehab Khan, 2017-06-29)
Evidence (2017-07-01): OMG!! Tories cheering firefighters nurses police and armed forces pay rise rejected after everything that's happened pic.twitter.com/HeDTCFf4Ll — ARTIST TAXI DRIVER (@chunkymark) June 28, 2017 [...] Commentators were quick to accuse the Tories and their newly-bribed friends, the DUP, pointing out that Theresa May found £1.5 billion to ensure she could remain as prime minister easily enough. Clearly the reason similar amounts aren’t available for nurses, firefighters, the police and all the others who actually work hard for the benefit of the UK is that Mrs May doesn’t think she needs them. [...] Tories and DUP just voted together to oppose Labour's policy to give emergency and public service workers a fair pay rise. Utter disgrace.
Claim: DUP MPs voted against a pay rise for nurses, firefighters, and police officers. (Shehab Khan, 2017-06-29)
Evidence (2021-03-10): He also contrasted the proposed pay deal for the NHS with the £45,000 pay rise awarded to the PM's former adviser Dominic Cummings, who has since left Downing Street. [...] "We're increasing pay for nurses, we're massively increasing our investment in the NHS," he told MPs. [...] NHS workers in Northern Ireland were promised a one-off £500 "special recognition" payment in January; and the Welsh government has said it will not set a "ceiling" of 1% on NHS pay rises for 2021-22.
Claim: DUP MPs voted against a pay rise for nurses, firefighters, and police officers. (Shehab Khan, 2017-06-29)
Evidence (2017-06-29): Tory MPs have blocked a bid to give nurses, police and firefighters a proper pay rise after a day of government chaos on the subject. [...] DUP MPs were crucial to Theresa May's victory - despite winning a £1billion bung for their own public services in Northern Ireland in exchange for propping her up. [...] Not one Tory rebelled to vote for Labour's amendment - and all 10 DUP MPs voted against it.
Claim: DUP MPs voted against a pay rise for nurses, firefighters, and police officers. (Shehab Khan, 2017-06-29)
Evidence (2017-06-29): The 10 Democratic Unionist Party MPs all voted with the Tories to block a move to give nurses, police officers and other public sector workers a pay rise about 1% - just days after it was agreed to pump an additional £1.5billion into Northern Ireland. [...] "I cannot support a blanket pay rise to all of those. [...] ″[MPs] respectfully regret that the Gracious Speech fails to end cuts to the police and the fire service; commend the response of the emergency services to the recent terrorist attacks and to the Grenfell Tower fire; call on the Government to recruit more police officers and fire-fighters; and further call on the Government to end the public sector pay cap and give the emergency and public services a fair pay rise."
Claim: DUP MPs voted against a pay rise for nurses, firefighters, and police officers. (Shehab Khan, 2017-06-29)
Evidence (2020-04-15): The story isn't fake news: Tory MPs did vote down a "proper" pay rise for nurses in 2017 and they did cheer when the vote was announced. [...] 313 Tory MPs and 10 DUP MPs voted against the amendment. [...] "But respectfully regret that the [Queen's] Speech fails to end cuts to the police and the fire service; commend the response of the emergency services to the recent terrorist attacks and to the Grenfell Tower fire; call on the Government to recruit more police officers and fire-fighters; and further call on the Government to end the public sector pay cap and give the emergency and public services a fair pay rise."
Claim: DUP MPs voted against a pay rise for nurses, firefighters, and police officers. (Shehab Khan, 2017-06-29)
Evidence (2017-06-29): Full list of MPs who voted against giving nurses and firefighters 'fair' pay rise [...] Conservative and DUP MPs have defeated Labour's bid to end the cap on public sector pay rises in the first House of Commons vote since the general election. The proposal to scrap the 1% annual pay rise for workers including firefighters, nurses and police officers was voted down by 323 to 309. The vote was the first test for Theresa May's new £1bn DUP-backed minority government, with all the MPs from the Northern Ireland party voting against the amendment.
Claim: DUP MPs voted against a pay rise for nurses, firefighters, and police officers. (Shehab Khan, 2017-06-29)
Evidence (2020-04-14): We’ve seen a post on Facebook claiming that Conservative MPs voted against giving a pay rise to nurses and claiming that they cheered when winning that vote. [...] In June 2017, after the general election, Conservative and DUP MPs voted against an amendment to a vote on the Queen’s speech, which among other things called on the government to lift the public sector pay cap, which limited pay rises for public sector staff to 1% per year. [...] So, it’s worth noting here, that the Conservatives didn’t vote directly against giving nurses a pay rise, as has been suggested by some, but on an amendment which mentioned lifting the cap on pay rises, among other issues.
Claim: DUP MPs voted against a pay rise for nurses, firefighters, and police officers. (Shehab Khan, 2017-06-29)
Evidence (2021-03-07): However it is worth reminding people that in 2017 all but one Tory MP blocked Labour’s attempt to scrap the 1 per cent cap on public sector pay rises and better fund the emergency services in an amendment to the Queen’s Speech. [...] List of MPs who voted against pay rise for nurses [...] Related – Recap: To the moment Tory MPs cheered after blocking a pay rise for nurses
Claim: DUP MPs voted against a pay rise for nurses, firefighters, and police officers. (Shehab Khan, 2017-06-29)
Evidence (2020-04-20): Conservative MPs across the West of England have hailed the NHS as heroes during the coronavirus pandemic – but when they had the chance to call for a pay rise for nurses, they declined. Tory and DUP MPs defeated a Labour amendment to the 2017 Queen’s Speech calling on the Government to "end the public sector pay cap and give the emergency and public services a fair pay rise". [...] Prime Minister Boris Johnson also voted against the pay rise.
Claim: DUP MPs voted against a pay rise for nurses, firefighters, and police officers. (Shehab Khan, 2017-06-29)
Evidence (2021-03-07): Nurses have described the proposed pay rise as "insulting", with unions threatening strike action and warning that the "pitiful" rise may lead staff to quit their jobs - worsening staffing issues in the health service. [...] Labour's Mr Jonathan Ashworth said Conservative MPs had already voted for a pay rise of 2.1% for NHS workers when a long-term spending plan for the health service passed through the House of Commons in January 2020. [...] At least 1.3 million other public sector staff - including teachers, the armed forces, firefighters and police officers - are about to have their pay frozen for a year.
Claim: DUP MPs voted against a pay rise for nurses, firefighters, and police officers. (Shehab Khan, 2017-06-29)
Evidence (2017-09-14): Labour claimed victory after even the PM’s DUP allies had earlier decided to support their call for an end to the pay freeze for nurses, midwives, doctors and other staff. [...] The DUP’s "confidence and supply" deal with the Conservatives covers only a Queen’s Speech and Budgets, and allows the Northern Ireland party to vote how it likes on issues such as the NHS, Tory sources stressed. [...] They added that the party had decided not to fall into Labour’s ‘trap’, not least because the last time it voted against a similar Opposition Day debate it was accused of opposing higher pay for public sector workers.
Claim: DUP MPs voted against a pay rise for nurses, firefighters, and police officers. (Shehab Khan, 2017-06-29)
Evidence (2024-10-09): NHS nurses and support workers have told the UK’s biggest nursing union they’re not prepared to accept the 2024-25 pay rise awarded to Agenda for Change staff in England in line with NHS Pay Review Body recommendations. After RCN members voted to reject the 5.5% increase, the college’s options include seeking direct talks with government and balloting for industrial action. Nursing Standard looks at the options, plus what’s happening in the rest of the UK
Claim: DUP MPs voted against a pay rise for nurses, firefighters, and police officers. (Shehab Khan, 2017-06-29)
Evidence (2019-03-01): MPs have been awarded another pay rise today, causing outrage among some commentators. [...] There was some outrage expressed today at the apparent difference between the 2.7 per cent rise for MPs, and an apparent rise of just 1.5 per cent for their staff. But this is an unfair comparison. [...] It isn’t true that MPs are getting a bigger pay rise than the average public or private sector worker – although many people will see their earnings rise by less than average.
Claim: DUP MPs voted against a pay rise for nurses, firefighters, and police officers. (Shehab Khan, 2017-06-29)
Evidence (2022-03-02): On 28 June 2017, all 10 DUP MPs voted against an amendment on the Queen’s Speech, to end the public sector pay cap. On 13 September 2017, Ian Paisley MP spoke in favour of the passed motion to lift the pay cap in the NHS. However, as a result of the devolved Agenda for Change arrangement, the agreed pay awards do not automatically extend to NHS nurses in Northern Ireland. [...] In tweet posted on Twitter in 2017 (which has been retweeted again recently), Shehab Khan claimed that Conservative and DUP MPs voted against a pay rise for nurses, firefighters, and police officers: [...] "I am really pleased to hear what the hon. Member for North Antrim (Ian Paisley) has said today, but I want to put it on the record that DUP Members did have an earlier opportunity to support the removal of the pay cap but actually voted against that—all 10 of them—in the debate on the Queen’s Speech. An amendment was tabled by the colleagues of the hon. Member for Leicester South (Jonathan Ashworth), and the DUP voted it down, but we always welcome repentance."
Claim: DUP MPs voted against a pay rise for nurses, firefighters, and police officers. (Shehab Khan, 2017-06-29)
Evidence (2020-04-15): You've probably seen references to the Tories voting against pay rises for nurses in 2017 on social media during the pandemic. [...] On 28 June 2017 MPs voted on whether or not to lift that 1 per cent cap, meaning workers including nurses might get a pay rise. And the majority voted against it. [...] Conservative governments were responsible for implementing and keeping in place the austerity measures that kept pay for nurses, teachers, firefighters and police officers below even the rate of inflation.
Claim: DUP MPs voted against a pay rise for nurses, firefighters, and police officers. (Shehab Khan, 2017-06-29)
Evidence (2018-09-10): The DUP’s voting alliance with Labour was meant to scare Theresa May [...] Tories defeated on NHS pay rise motion after DUP backs Labour [...] Police set for salary rise as government lifts public sector pay cap
Claim: DUP MPs voted against a pay rise for nurses, firefighters, and police officers. (Shehab Khan, 2017-06-29)
Evidence (2019-05-24): At one point, she had to promise she would quit before the next scheduled election in 2022, as she battled to win a no-confidence vote organised by her own MPs. [...] So instead of returning to Downing Street in triumph, Mrs May was forced to strike a deal with the Democratic Unionist Party, whose 10 MPs agreed to support her in key Commons votes, sweetened by a £1bn public spending boost for Northern Ireland.
Claim: DUP MPs voted against a pay rise for nurses, firefighters, and police officers. (Shehab Khan, 2017-06-29)
Evidence (2024-01-17): I cannot speak on this motion without highlighting the fact that, unlike in the English system, we have been held to ransom not by strikes but our own Secretary of State, who is on record as acknowledging that an enormous budget increase is required. He has sourced part of that funding but is withholding the money that would give the public pay sector increase required. He has tied the release of the extra £3.3 billion, which has been well bandied about and talked about. We have pushed him on the issue. The ham-fisted blackmail attempt has been highlighted by my party leader, my right hon. Friend Sir Jeffrey M. Donaldson, who has said about the pay rise: [...] I put on record my support to others here and to my constituents back home. I have supported decent pay sector increases for hard workers in this place. Northern Ireland deserves no less support and action. I conclude by asking Members here to voice their concerns to Government in support of public sector workers throughout the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, without whom we would be completely lost and much worse off. I support them in what they are doing. The thing about it this time is that the Secretary of State has the money to do it.
Claim: DUP MPs voted against a pay rise for nurses, firefighters, and police officers. (Shehab Khan, 2017-06-29)
Evidence (2023-07-20): Today I want to talk about duty. Through this legislation, we on the Conservative Benches are fulfilling our duty to protect our constituents. Those on the Labour Benches—in hock to their trade union masters—are failing theirs. Nurses, teachers, firefighters and all the other professions covered in the legislation are true heroes in our society. They carry out a great service to our communities. We must continue to focus on growing our economy to meet the wage demands of public sector workers, but we must also maintain the independence of pay review bodies precisely so that we can take the politics out of public sector pay. The conversation should also be about fairness and balancing the right to strike with the public’s right to be kept safe.
Claim: DUP MPs voted against a pay rise for nurses, firefighters, and police officers. (Shehab Khan, 2017-06-29)
Evidence (2017-06-30): Surely these costs should be passed back to Northern Ireland? But better still, shouldn’t these wonen be spared the trauma of leaving their homes just to satisfy a few hypocrits? But there you go – the DUP is now in charge and we must expect this sort of stuff. Swire and Parish vote (of course) not to lift pay cap on fire and police [...] But this is going to be interesting – for every such vote in future every Tory and DUP MP is going to have to physically be at the Houses of Parliament.
Claim: DUP MPs voted against a pay rise for nurses, firefighters, and police officers. (Shehab Khan, 2017-06-29)
Evidence (2020-02-03): ]]>Thu, 23 Jan 2020 12:00:27 +0000tag:audioboom.com,2020-01-23:/posts/7485796The Nolan ShowThe Nolan ShowAs MLAs refuse a pay rise where is the money to pay for Stormont deal?https://audioboom.com/posts/7485747 3070nofullThe Assembly Commission is to meet today to discuss a request to halt a pay rise for MLAs. [...] ]]>Wed, 04 Dec 2019 10:34:20 +0000tag:audioboom.com,2019-12-04:/posts/7441135The Nolan ShowThe Nolan ShowDUP stopped NI health workers’ pay parity, Sinn Fein didn’t restore it – could the return of Stormont change things?https://audioboom.com/posts/7440413 707nofullStephen spoke to Sam McBride from the Newsletter about the current health workers pay increase impasse and if the return of Stormont could help resolve the issues. [...] The DUP broke parity - they chose not to pay our healthcare staff the same as the rest of the UK - do they owe health workers an apology?
Claim: DUP MPs voted against a pay rise for nurses, firefighters, and police officers. (Shehab Khan, 2017-06-29)
Evidence (2017-06-29): I currently find it utterly disgusting that the Tories voted against Labour's amendments to stop cuts to police, firefighters, and nurses and to end the pay cap on hard working public sector workers. [...] The Tories do this and say there is "no magic money tree", yet the Tories still managed to bung the DUP over £2 Billion, in a desperate attempt to cling on to power, whilst also managing to give the Queen an 8% pay rise. And repeatedly have taken pay rise after pay rise for themselves, they simply have no shame. I cannot believe their sheer arrogance! Torys actually cheered after blocking Labour's amendment. Public sector workers have had their pay frozen for two years thanks to Tory austerity. a pay freeze that has seen nurses, firefighters smd other workers subject yo a 14 per cent pay cut over the last seven years. It looks like the it's business as usual as the Tory's inflict their cruel policies of austerity as they have done previously.Not one Tory had the decency to rebel and to vote for Labour's amendment - and all 10 DUP MPs voted with their Tory paymasters against it.