Get the facts: Inequality in the UK
Poverty is not the same as food insecurity
Claims about all households in poverty struggling to put food on the table need a closer look.
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Details missing on levelling up funding
A list of priority areas due to receive early funding from the new “Levelling Up Fund” has been published. The rationale for why certain areas are prioritised has not.
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Clearing up some of the confusion over free school meals
Schools are required to provide lunches to eligible pupils either directly or using vouchers.
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Mark Francois did not deny that there is a gender pay gap
This quote appears to be a fabrication.
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We all deserve a better debate on poverty
Politicians from all sides quote seemingly contradictory poverty figures on a regular basis. This is bad for anyone who wants to understand the story of poverty in the UK.
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Boris Johnson incorrect to say Keir Starmer is “completely wrong” about past trends in child poverty
Mr Starmer said 600,000 more children are in poverty than in 2012, which is correct according to government data on children in low income households.
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Sir Iain Duncan Smith is wrong to say that only 15% of people ever move above low pay
There are different ways to measure the number of people who exceed low-pay or low-skill work, but it is more than 15% during the course of a working life.
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Sajid Javid said on 5 December that homelessness has halved under the Conservatives since 2008—is this true?
This article is part of our Ask Full Fact series on the 2019 general election, answering your questions about the election, from claims the main parties are making to what …
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No single figure about child poverty tells the whole story
Based on one of the most comprehensive measures, child poverty fell between 2010 and 2015, but has been rising since. The latest figures suggest it’s now back to roughly what …
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Angela Rayner uses exaggerated figure for number of WASPI women in poverty
Ms Rayner said millions of women have fallen into poverty because of changes to the pension age. We don’t know the number for certain but it is certainly not millions.
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