Fact checks, commentary and analysis on the topic of the UK Labour Party
Economy, Business & Finance
Labour’s claim that affordable housing supply has fallen by 95% misinterprets the statistics. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The government’s plan to reduce foreign aid will still mean spending more on it than past governments did. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The Prime Minister claimed that band D average council tax is higher in Labour areas than Conservative ones. But band D rates are not a fair comparison. Average tax in Labour areas is lower. Read
Both parties claim their councils charge lower tax. Neither use data that can really be used to compare council tax in different areas. So both are making fairly meaningless claims. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The Conservatives’ claim they charge less council tax than Labour is pretty meaningless. It’s based on a flawed method. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Estimates for the economic and jobs impact of keeping a shipbuilding contract in the UK make assumptions that are unevidenced. Read
We factchecked the panellists' claims on reducing the deficit, funding of the NHS and the frequency of the NHS winter crisis, and whether Labour expects a run on the pound. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Labour is not expecting a run on the pound, but both Corbyn and McDonnell support “scenario-plans” which consider what to do if it should happen under their government. Read
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