We check facts about the UK economy. This includes money issues like prices, taxes, jobs, people out of work, and housing. We also look at how these things are different in each part of the UK.
Economy, Business & Finance
England is going to have a projected 220,000 extra households per year between 2012 and 2022. The supply of new housing has fallen far short of that figure—119,000 homes were … Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The majority of employers pay arrears after receiving a formal notice of underpayment. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
"around two million young working adults still live with their parents despite being in paid work." Nick Clegg, Liberal Democrat press release, 10 April 2015. The Liberal Democrats have proposed … Read
Economy, Business & Finance
"The North East is smaller in terms of overall population, but the jobs growth has been faster in the North East than in the rest of the country"—Matthew Hancock, 13 … Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The first page of Labour's manifesto is out a bit earlier than the rest. It contains one commitment we're likely to hear heavily debated in the next three and a bit weeks: Read
Economy, Business & Finance
"Under the last Labour government the tax gap was falling by £1.5bn a year on average between 2005-06 and 2009-10. But under the Tories it has been increasing by an … Read
Economy, Business & Finance
"In this five years, the national debt has doubled, from £850 billion to £1.5 trillion"—Nigel Farage, 2 April 2015 "Mr Cameron will NOT admit that his party has DOUBLED the … Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The Conservatives have promised to continue the current freeze in regulated rail fares for the next five years. This means that while those rail fares will still increase, they won't … Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The recent spate of claims about 'non-doms' started with a speech by Ed Miliband, where he called on the Prime Minister to abolish an "arcane, 200 year-old loophole" that he … Read
Europe
Earlier this week, Tony Blair gave a speech that laid out his arguments against a referendum on Britain leaving the European Union. Mr Blair claimed that businesses "came to the … Read
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