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 basic state pension went up by slightly more under Labour up to 2010 than under Conservative Chancellors since then, once inflation is factored in. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
There are lots of ways to measure poverty. Some show that child and pensioner poverty have increased slightly in recent years, but others show it has been stable or fallen. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Pensioners who receive the full basic state pension in 2017/18 are getting £1,250 more in cash per year than in 2010/11. However, in real terms the increase is only about £558.82 extra Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Between 2009/10 and 2015/16 public sector net borrowing decreased from 9.9% of GDP to 3.8%, or by around two thirds. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Close but not quite. Around six million jobs pay less than the voluntary living wage calculated by the Living Wage Foundation. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Increases to the personal allowance have meant about 4 million fewer people had to pay income tax in 2015/16 than did in 2010/11. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Adjusted for inflation, the official headline measure of median wages has. Read
Immigration
About one in nine were foreign nationals in 2016. About one in six were born outside the UK. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
There aren't readily-available estimates for the proportion of all welfare claimants who are pensioners or of working age. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The number of people unemployed in the UK was higher at the end of the last Labour government than at the start Read
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