5 Times David Cameron Said A Thing That Wasn't True

For the next few months we're going to have all manner of pork pies, fibs and assorted whoppers being told about Labour – the Tory lie machine is now at full throttle! But don't just take my word for it, see for yourself and make your own mind up.

1. Tax

"Yesterday, Labour made the important announcement that it is now its policy to put up taxes on middle-income people"

David Cameron, PMQs, 16 July 2014

The truth: David Cameron lied. Labour wants a lower 10p starting rate of tax, to help 24 million people on low and middle incomes. In fact, it's the Tories who are raising taxes – they've raised taxes 24 times since they took office. But they've chosen to give a tax cut to people earning over £150,000. It's clear whose side they're on.

2. Long-term economic plan

"Our long-term economic plan is working"

David Cameron, PMQs, 14 May 2013

The truth: The Tories promised that the deficit would be gone by 2015, but it's now set to be £75 billion by then. They're borrowing almost £190 billion more than they planned (Source: Office for Budget Responsibility), because they've given us the slowest economic recovery in 100 years.

3. Cost-of-living crisis

People "will be better off by £705 next year"

David Cameron, PMQs, 11 December 2013

The truth: Under David Cameron, people are worse off, not better off. Wages are down by an average £1,600 a year since David Cameron took office (Source: ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings). In fact, on wages he's the worst Prime Minister in living memory.

4. NHS

In A&E "The average waiting time is down by more than half"

David Cameron, PMQs, 2 July 2014

The truth: Average waiting times in A&E have gone up, not down, since David Cameron became Prime Minister – as the independent House of Commons Library showed. Hospital A&Es have missed the four-hour waiting time target for a shocking 53 weeks in a row – more than a year – and in the last year almost a million people have waited more than four hours in A&E.

5. Immigration

"We have seen net migration overall come down... we are getting the situation under control."

David Cameron, PMQs, 9 April 2014

The truth: Under David Cameron net migration is rising, not falling – it's now at 212,000 – and his promise to cut it to the tens of thousands is in tatters.