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
A Facebook post claiming England has kept Scottish taxes ignores the money spent by the UK government for or in Scotland. Read
Environment
Nigel Farage claimed renewables produced just 2-3% of the country’s electricity for three weeks in September. But it was 10%-19% each day and has since increased. Read
A Facebook post claims 4,300 Tesco workers are getting sacked and this is why you shouldn’t use self checkout machines. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
An old viral post with almost 50,000 shares is now out of date. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Labour’s deputy leader claimed the average worker is £1,000 a year worse off now than in 2010 but this is compared to 2020, not 2021. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Wages are not up over the past quarter, but they are up over the past year. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
It’s been claimed the government spread fuel shortage lies to sell a surplus which was about to expire. There is no evidence of this. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
It’s been claimed that the UK is short 100,000 HGV drivers, but the government has reportedly said we only need another 30,000. Read
A tweet falsely claims that a woman was filmed filling plastic bags full of petrol at an Esso forecourt in Tooting. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The Conservatives and Labour gave very different figures for how much longer claimants would have to work to offset the end of the £20 uplift Read
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