Economy, Business & Finance
The housebuilding records of the major parties, graphed
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Economy, Business & Finance
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
Guardian and Mirror wrong about "huge surge" in zero hours contracts
The debate about the use of zero-hours contracts has been highly charged but lacking in reliable data. Two papers appear to have misinterpreted its findings to report a "huge surge" that may not exist. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
How much help is Help to Work?
Today Employment minister Esther McVey claimed that the pilot for the government's new Help to Work scheme had meant people had worked an extra 9-11 days. We looked into the figures. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Are food bank statistics "misleading the public"?
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Economy, Business & Finance
Is this the first parliament in 'living memory' to see a fall in earnings?
Yesterday Ed Balls wrote that this parliament will be the first 'in living memory' to leave people worse off when it ends than when it began. We looked into the data. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Earnings and prices now rising at the same rate
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Telegraph pre-empts official figures release
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Who's seeking work as a result of the benefit cap?
Department for Work and Pensions (DWP): "Nearly half (45%) of those affected by the benefit cap say that they plan to look for work as a result." The Sun: "Nearly … Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
No longer a record number of part timers seeking full time work
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What's the Coalition's record on tackling tax evasion and avoidance?
"... this Government is failing to tackle tax avoidance and evasion. The amount of uncollected tax rose last year and the Chancellor's Swiss tax deal has raised less than a … Read
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