Welfare
Fact checks related to the welfare of the country, the welfare state, state spending, poverty and pensions
Snoring doesn’t mean you’re eligible for £156 benefits a week
Many different news sites have published articles claiming that snoring could mean you're entitled to Personal Independence Payments.
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Ofgem said that 12 million households—not people—might end up in fuel poverty
These estimates are uncertain for several reasons, but 12 million households would amount to many more than 12 million people.
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Was the Attorney General right to say that a single mother will be £1,600 better off?
Suella Braverman told the Question Time audience that a single mother in certain circumstances would be £1,600 better off this year compared with last year, because of government support.
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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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Viral pensions post has its maths all wrong
The post misunderstands how state pensions work in the UK.
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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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2,612% rise in food bank use under David Cameron needs context
The Trussell Trust did provide about 27 times more food parcels at the end of David Cameron’s time in office than it had at the beginning—but this doesn’t mean food …
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Wales and Scotland are getting money to fund a council tax rebate
Welsh First Minister Mark Drakeford and Scottish Finance Secretary Kate Forbes said the countries would not be receiving more money as other areas of their provisional budgets are being revised …
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Boris Johnson did say inflation fears had been ‘unfounded’
The Prime Minister denied ever making the comment during the first PMQs of the year.
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What the National Insurance rise means for the tax burden
It’s been claimed the NI rise will take the tax burden to the highest level “in history”, in peacetime, since 1948, since 1950 and since 1969.
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