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.
Question Time on October 5, 2018 came from Canary Wharf in London. Topics covered were austerity, immigration, knife crime and clapping being replaced with hand waving. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Question Time on 20 September 2018 came from the West Yorkshire town of Dewsbury. Topics covered included the Chequers deal, rail nationalisation, Islamophobia, and party conferences. Read
Question Time on September 13, 2018 came from the Oxfordshire town of Banbury. Topics covered included the Salisbury poisoning, Brexit, zero hours contracts, and prisons. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The UK had the fastest growing economy in the G7 in 2015, middling growth in 2016 and became the slowest grower in 2017. Read
Crime
The government has given £5 million to the Scottish Police to help with the costs of policing President Trump’s visit. Other police forces can also apply for special funding to cover the costs. Read
Europe
We look at possible models for a UK-EU free trade deal after Brexit, based on Norway and Canada’s deals. It covers tariffs, customs checks, trade with the rest of the world, and EU regulation. Read
Health
The NHS is celebrating its 70th birthday. Here are eight charts that show just some of the ways, large and small, that the UK has changed since the 1940s. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
184 households from Grenfell Tower and Grenfell Walk have accepted an offer of permanent housing. Not all have moved in yet. Read
Europe
The government outlined two post-Brexit customs options. “Max fac” aims to create a “frictionless” customs border. A customs partnership would create a system where the UK collects EU tariffs. Read
Europe
The EU’s customs union was first established in 1968 by the six founding member states of the current EU (Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands). Read
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