Inequality in the UK
Fact checks focused on homelessness, poverty, inequality and social mobility
Are people in work using food banks?
The most recent data shows that 15% of households that use Trussell Trust foodbanks include at least one person with some work or employment income.
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Was the private sector hit hardest by the recession?
Private sector wages dropped much more rapidly than public sector wages during the recession. They began recovering as public sector wages slowed. In recent years the gap between the two …
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Are most working age people in poverty also in work?
People in poverty have been increasingly likely to be in a family where someone has a job.
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Income tax cuts for basic rate payers
Increases to the income tax personal allowance have taken millions out of income tax, although those on low incomes have been hit elsewhere.
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Ask Full Fact: have the Conservatives redefined child poverty?
The Conservative government hasn’t redefined child poverty, in terms of changing what’s counted or how it’s counted. But it did change the target.
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SNP Manifesto: Future child poverty
Child poverty is projected to rise on a number of measures by 2021.
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SNP Manifesto: Working poverty
67% of children in poverty live in a household where at least one person is working, according to official figures.
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Labour Manifesto: Food banks
We've factchecked claims from Jeremy Corbyn's speech at the Labour party manifesto launch.
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Labour Manifesto: Child poverty
We've factchecked claims from Jeremy Corbyn's speech at the Labour party manifesto launch.
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Labour Manifesto: Rich and Poor
We've factchecked claims from Jeremy Corbyn's speech at the Labour party manifesto launch.
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