Economy, Business & Finance
Union membership among young people
4% of the UK population aged 16 to 24 were employees and union members in 2015 and 13% of those aged 25 to 34. 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
Does the Treasury lose £40 billion each year to the super-rich?
There’s much uncertainty here, but that claim isn’t supported by HMRC’s own estimates. The emphasis should be on the word ‘estimates’. Read
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Europe
The Conservative manifesto on the single market
The 2015 Conservative manifesto did commit the party to the single market. The government’s EU referendum leaflet didn’t say explicitly that leaving the EU would mean leaving the single market. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Public sector pay
How does council chief executive pay compare to that of MPs—and is it a fair comparison to begin with? Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Poverty in Wales
23% of people in Wales lived in a household where the income is below 60% of the UK median between 2013/14 and 2015/16. That’s including housing costs, and is roughly 700,000 people. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Wales’s fiscal deficit: the gap between tax and spend
There isn’t an official government estimate for the size of the deficit between government income and spending in Wales and it’s not simple to work out. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Tax cuts: corporation tax, inheritance, capital gains and the bank levy
All four have had some cuts... but only two have been cut overall. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Have the Conservatives brought in £70 billion worth of tax cuts?
Labour has assessed the cost of changes to corporation tax, inheritance tax, capital gains tax and the bank levy since 2010. They've suggested a £120 billion cost. Is that correct? Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Has the government assessed the economic impact of no Brexit deal?
A comprehensive forecast hasn’t been produced. The Brexit Secretary says the government has to decide its plan for mitigation before such a forecast can be produced. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Post-Brexit trade tariffs
We have a voluntary choice about import tariffs, but not the tariffs on our exports. Read
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