Economy, Business & Finance
Unemployment is at a 10-year low
The overall employment rate is at its highest on record (since 1970). Unemployment is at a ten year low. 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
Free trade outside the EU customs union
Can the UK be partly in and partly out of the EU customs union? Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
What's happening to social mobility?
The Social Mobility Commission says the attainment gap is narrowing, meaning that poorer pupils’ results are getting closer to those of their wealthier classmates. But there’s more to the story. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Deliveroo, unions and the ‘gig economy’
On 7 November, the Independent Workers’ Union of Great Britain (IWGB) asked Deliveroo, an online food delivery company, to voluntarily recognise it as the trade union for Deliveroo drivers and riders Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Productivity in the UK workplace: London vs. the rest
It’s true that there’s a significant gap between London and other UK cities, but so far we haven’t seen an analysis wide-ranging enough to support the claim that it’s greater than all other major econ Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
How does the new benefit cap affect single mothers?
The new benefit cap is introduced on 7 November 2016. We look whether it affects single mothers, large families and those with higher rents more than others. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
The IFS and the benefit cap
The Institute for Fiscal Studies said that the benefit cap used to almost exclusively affect families with a lot of children or high rents, but not any more. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
The UK’s trade with the USA
The US is the UK’s second largest trading partner after the EU. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Welfare sanctions and homelessness
A survey found that 39% of homeless people had been sanctioned. 21% became homeless because of it. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
How many disabled people are in work?
Since 2013 the number of disabled people in work has increased by just under half a million. Under the current government the number of disabled people in the UK in work has increased by around 100,00 Read
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