Economy, Business & Finance
Corporation tax: UK vs USA
US corporation tax rates are about 39%, on average according to the OECD, so about twice that paid in the UK. 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.
Europe
About 1 in 7 German cars are sold in the UK
Germany sells about 14% of all the passenger cars it makes domestically to the UK, a little over one in seven. (That makes up about 18% of the passenger cars it exports, a little under one in five). Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
No longer partying all night
According to an industry database, half the nightclubs in Great Britain have closed down in the past decade. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Jobcentre closures
Half the Jobcentre Plus sites in Glasgow are set to close under DWP plans. The Department plans to reduce its office space nationwide by 20%. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Ethnic diversity on company boards
People from black and minority ethnic backgrounds are underrepresented on FTSE 150 company boards. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Rail delay compensation: what’s new?
A scheme providing compensation of 25% on single train fares for delays between 15 and 29 minutes will be introduced from 11 December on some services. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Rail dispute: are driver-only trains safe?
As unions take strike action on Southern Railway over driver-only trains, we look at what regulators have said about the safety question. Read
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Immigration
Immigration and unemployment in the UK
It’s correct that there were about 1.7 million unemployed people in the UK at the last count, in July-September 2016. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
HS2: is it faster?
We looked at whether HS2 will be faster for travellers than current trains. Read
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Europe
False claims, forecasts, and the EU Referendum
Campaigners on both sides of the EU referendum made false claims, or predicted things that turned out to be wrong. Sometimes they made false claims about the false claims made by each other. Read
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