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
Public services face a "rollercoaster" ride over the next five years, the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) has predicted after the Chancellor laid out the government's spending plans in the … Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The government is now on course to meet its original debt target, with net debt as a share of GDP falling in 2015-16. What's changed since December? Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The Chancellor has delivered his final Budget of this parliament, the details of which will be pored over in the days to come. Even before that, George Osborne and Ed … Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The government has claimed that the Troubled Families programme has saved £1.2 billion. We don't know what the actual savings are. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The UK Statistics Authority has written to Labour MPs pointing out that they haven't been presenting statistics on zero hour contracts entirely clearly. Contrary to Labour's suggestions, 1.8 million people … Read
Europe
It takes on average a British worker to Friday to do what equivalent workers in Germany and France will complete by the end of Thursday afternoon. Chuka Umunna, shadow business … Read
Economy, Business & Finance
"Labour's plans for raise the National Minimum Wage closer to average earnings to £8 an hour by 2020 will actually deliver a real term cut. [sic]?—Liberal Democrats We normally use … Read
Economy, Business & Finance
David Cameron has pledged to lower the benefit cap to £23,000 a year if he is re-elected. Does the evidence support his claim that the current £26,000 cap has caused a rush to the job centre? Read
Economy, Business & Finance
During Prime Minister's Questions, an exchange on poverty led David Cameron to label Labour's numbers as 'simply wrong'. As ever, it's not quite that simple. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
"Richest 1% will own more than all the rest by 2016"—Oxfam, 19th January 2015 Oxfam released a report on Monday predicting that in 2016 over half the world's wealth will … Read
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