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
The number of retail jobs changes with the season, but the annual average has dropped slightly in the last three years. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The UK is about average among similar high-income countries when it comes to income inequality. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
This claim doesn’t factor in inflation, nor peoples’ total pay. Total pay in Great Britain is growing in real-terms by 0.2% in the three months to July 2018. Read
Europe
The EU has schemes in place with the majority of African countries that mean that they can import almost all of their goods into the EU tariff-free. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Around 780,000 people were estimated to be on zero hours contracts in mid-2018. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
In August the UK government launched its new export strategy and made a number of claims about the UK’s recent export performance. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Several claims have been made about pay changes for police, teachers, nurses and MPs. We took a look at them. Read
Europe
The pub chain JD Wetherspoon has recently distributed beer mats in its pubs making a number of claims about the EU. Read
Europe
Since 2000 the UK has made a net contribution to the EU of £122 billion in today’s money. Read
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