The economy
Fact checks about the economy, covering levels of inequality, prices, taxation, employment, unemployment and housing across the UK nations and regions
Labour election leaflets and ads wrongly claiming families are ‘£2,620 worse off’
The claim that families are ‘£2,620 worse off’ does not account for any rises in wages or benefits, and is based on some cost estimates which are not reliable.
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Boris Johnson makes false employment claim for ninth time in Parliament
The PM claimed there are more people in work than there were before the pandemic. This figure only counts employees and not the self-employed. In total there are 600,000 fewer …
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Viral pensions post has its maths all wrong
The post misunderstands how state pensions work in the UK.
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Working pensioners will have to pay the health and social care levy from 2023
National Insurance is increasing, but so is the threshold for paying it, and how it affects working pensioners changes next year.
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There is no upper limit for how much MPs can claim to cover heating costs
A post on Facebook claims MPs can claim ‘up to’ £3,400 for utility bills.
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Thérèse Coffey wrong to claim employment is up over the pandemic
Government ministers have repeatedly claimed employment is higher than pre-pandemic levels, when it is not.
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Single occupancy council tax discount can’t be revoked if you don’t take in Ukrainian refugees
Claims on Twitter and Facebook say that an elderly man in a London borough was told by his council he could be forced to take in a Ukrainian family.
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Historic claim on refugee and pensioner incomes is still wrong
The post also compares Germany’s maximum state pension to the UK’s. Germany’s state pensions are difficult to compare to ours as theirs are based on income whilst the UK’s isn’t.
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Keir Starmer wrong to say families will be £2,620 worse off this year
Labour’s estimates do not include rises in wages or benefits, and contain several unreliable assumptions.
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Why Rishi Sunak’s wife’s tax status isn’t a direct consequence of her citizenship
Ms Murty uses her non-domiciled status to not pay UK tax on foreign income, but this is an active choice, and not a direct consequence of her Indian citizenship.
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