Fact checks focused on homelessness, poverty, inequality and social mobility
Economy, Business & Finance
The figure is about the number of three day emergency food supplies given out to children by the Trussell Trust last year—about 437,000—not the number of children who received them. Read
Education
Check the figures on Oxford and Cambridge entry. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
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. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
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 has narrowed. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
People in poverty have been increasingly likely to be in a family where someone has a job. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Increases to the income tax personal allowance have taken millions out of income tax, although those on low incomes have been hit elsewhere. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
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. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Child poverty is projected to rise on a number of measures by 2021. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
67% of children in poverty live in a household where at least one person is working, according to official figures. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
We've factchecked claims from Jeremy Corbyn's speech at the Labour party manifesto launch. Read
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