Economy, Business & Finance
Economy introductions: income tax and who pays it
An introduction to income tax - and who pays it. Read
Analysis
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
Economy introductions: the size of government spending
Last year, the government spent about £753 billion in total. That’s roughly 40% of all the money spent in the UK. 18% is spent on health, about a fifth. Read
Analysis
Economy, Business & Finance
10 March's BBC Question Time, factchecked
Last night's Question Time came from Dundee. We've checked the panel's claims on the EU referendum, the Scottish economy, oil revenues, and NHS spending. Read
Fact check
Europe
Manufacturing jobs and the EU
It's been claimed that two-thirds of manufacturing jobs are reliant on Britain's membership of the EU. That's wrong. Read
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Europe
Poverty, apprenticeships and house building: Prime Minister's Questions, factchecked
We've factchecked claims from Prime Minister's Questions on poverty, apprenticeships, house building, and jobs going to non-UK EU nationals. Read
Fact check
Economy, Business & Finance
Did cutting the 50p rate of tax raise £8 billion?
Figures released this week on tax receipts aren't as simple as they might seem. Read
Fact check
Economy, Business & Finance
3 March's BBC Question Time, factchecked
Last night's Question Time came from Liverpool. We've checked the panel's claims on the EU's influence, migrants into Europe, and tax. Read
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Europe
The UK's EU membership fee
In 2018 the UK government paid £13 billion to the EU budget, and EU spending on the UK was forecast to be £4 billion. So the UK’s ‘net contribution’ was estimated at about £9 billion. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
18 February's BBC Question Time, factchecked
Last night's Question Time was in Stratford-Upon-Avon. We've checked the panel's claims about the EU, schools and whether there's a teacher shortage. Read
Fact check
Economy, Business & Finance
11 February's BBC Question Time, factchecked
Question Time last night was in Llanelli, Wales. We've checked the panel's claims on the Welsh NHS, junior doctors and the effect of immigration on wages. Read
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