Economy, Business & Finance
Keir Starmer’s GMB interview: fact checked
The Labour leader made claims about the UK’s economic growth and fraud during the pandemic. Read
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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
Boris Johnson’s GMB interview: fact checked
The Prime Minister made claims about the UK’s economic growth, council tax, and his record on bus passes while Mayor of London. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Angela Rayner repeats misleading claim that families are £2,620 ‘worse off’
This figure comes from an unreliable Labour estimate that doesn’t take account of wage or benefit rises. Read
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Was Rishi Sunak’s in-laws’ company a ‘beneficiary’ of a UK-India trade deal?
An announcement of £1 billion worth of trade and investment between the UK and India included Infosys, as well as a number of other firms. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Labour election leaflets and ads wrongly claiming families are ‘£2,620 worse off’
The claim that families are ‘£2,620 worse off’ does not account for any rises in wages or benefits, and is based on some cost estimates which are not reliable. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Boris Johnson makes false employment claim for ninth time in Parliament
The PM claimed there are more people in work than there were before the pandemic. This figure only counts employees and not the self-employed. In total there are 600,000 fewer people in work. Read
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Viral pensions post has its maths all wrong
The post misunderstands how state pensions work in the UK. Read
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Working pensioners will have to pay the health and social care levy from 2023
National Insurance is increasing, but so is the threshold for paying it, and how it affects working pensioners changes next year. Read
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There is no upper limit for how much MPs can claim to cover heating costs
A post on Facebook claims MPs can claim ‘up to’ £3,400 for utility bills. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Thérèse Coffey wrong to claim employment is up over the pandemic
Government ministers have repeatedly claimed employment is higher than pre-pandemic levels, when it is not. Read
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