A NON-PARTISAN fact-checking service has found that Jo Swinson’s claims on university education equality are “mostly false”.
During a recent episode of the BBC’s Question Time, the LibDem leadership hopeful spoke about the attainment gap between different areas in Scotland.
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The East Dunbartonshire MP said on last month’s Epsom episode of the show that 80% of pupils in her constituency go on to university, compared to 4% in Glasgow Govan.
Her comments led to criticism from the Scottish Government.
Yesterday, the Ferret fact-checking service said the figure she used for Govan is “out of date and is not a complete measure” and that the percentage she used for her own constituency was “incorrect”. The Govan percentage is thought to be closer to 13%, while just 64% of school leavers in East Dunbartonshire have gone on to any form of higher education.
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