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
Boris Johnson was wrong to make this claim, according to the government’s own definition of affordable housing. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
These estimates are uncertain for several reasons, but 12 million households would amount to many more than 12 million people. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Both food insecurity and fuel poverty are serious problems that affect many people in the UK, but almost certainly not 40 million. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
A post suggesting that war in Ukraine is not the cause of shortages of a number of products is missing context. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
We don’t yet have reliable figures for the total cost of the event, but a Facebook post muddles the maths. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Suella Braverman told the Question Time audience that a single mother in certain circumstances would be £1,600 better off this year compared with last year, because of government support. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
After Boris Johnson claimed at PMQs that 72,000 jobs have been delivered by Crossrail, we’ve looked at the numbers. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The shadow justice secretary used an unreliable Labour estimate for the impact of the cost of living crisis. We have repeatedly asked Labour to stop using this number. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
A claim made by Robert Halfon MP, who is in favour of scrapping green levies, on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme and repeated elsewhere is inaccurate. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Northern Ireland secretary Brandon Lewis is the latest cabinet minister to claim that employment is higher than before the pandemic, when it is not. Read
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