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.
Health
Although the basic pay of first-year doctors in England did rise by that much last year, most junior doctors had a pay uplift of less than 10%. Read
Since January, National Insurance payments have been 10% of an employee’s salary, though this will be 8% from April. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Money raised through National Insurance is notionally separate from other tax revenue. But it doesn’t determine the amount of money which is spent on the NHS or social security. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves claimed that government borrowing “goes up in every year” of the OBR’s latest forecast published this week. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Disposable household income has increased in real terms under the Conservative party, but it’s also true that real income growth has been weaker than levels seen under the last Labour government. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Labour MP Sarah Owen’s claim at Prime Minister’s Questions isn’t true of GDP overall. She was referring to GDP per capita instead, though she didn’t specify this at the time. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Labour deputy leader Angela Rayner MP and Janet Daby MP both misquoted a figure from the Centre for Cities think tank in Parliament. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
An exchange between chief secretary to the Treasury Laura Trott and Radio 4 presenter Evan Davis has gone viral after confusion over debt projections. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Labour and the TUC have claimed there are 2.98 million people now using food banks—but this figure appears to actually be the number of parcels handed out by the Trussell Trust. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Labour politicians have repeatedly made this claim, but it’s unclear how the party arrived at the figure. Read
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