The economy
Fact checks about the economy, covering levels of inequality, prices, taxation, employment, unemployment and housing across the UK nations and regions
Are 13,000 millionaires getting a £100,000 tax cut?
Today the Labour party splashed a giant clock over its website - the 'countdown' to April 6th when, the party claims, 13,000 millionaires will get a £100,000 tax cut. How …
Read more…Statistics watchdog queries Miliband unemployment claims
The Chair of the UK Statistics Authority Andrew Dilnot has today written to Labour Leader Ed Miliband over his claim in the Sun newspaper that in Europe "only crisis-hit Spain …
Read more…Is tax evasion and avoidance costing the taxpayer £25bn per year?
While BBC Question Time panelists debated the size of the welfare bill, the show's extra guest claimed it was small change compared to the scale of tax evasion and avoidance. …
Read more…Does Belgium trade more with India than the UK does?
With the Prime Minister beating the drum for British business on the Indian sub-continent, do we really lag behind Belgium in terms of our trade links with India?
Read more…The land of milk and honey: will Bulgarians and Romanians be nine times richer in the UK?
After releasing estimates of how many migrants from Romania and Bulgaria would reach our shores, Migration Watch has looked into the economic incentives behind their potential move.
Read more…Is the Government's work experience scheme "getting Britain working"?
A debate surrounding the success rate of the 'Get Britain Working' policy has been polarising newpaper pundits. Who's right?
Read more…How many people have never worked in their lives?
As it was revealed that 4 million people in Britain have never worked in their lives, today's headlines accused Britons of idleness. But how many of them are students? People …
Read more…Are women paying 60% less income tax than men?
As Government politicians are keen to remind us, there are more women in the workforce than ever before. Yet they still contribute 60% less in income tax than men. What …
Read more…Has Whitehall overestimated its own cost-cutting?
As part of its austerity drive, the Coalition pledged to cut public spending on the business of government by billions of pounds. This week in the House of Commons, Labour …
Read more…'Bedroom tax': the who, the what and the why
The 'bedroom tax' will come into force in two months, but a lot of questions remain unanswered: Who exactly is affected? How many of them are disabled? Full Fact investigates.
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