Economy, Business & Finance
Economy introductions: the size of government spending
Last year, the government spent about £753 billion in total. That’s roughly 40% of all the money spent in the UK. 18% is spent on health, about a fifth. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Last year, the government spent about £753 billion in total. That’s roughly 40% of all the money spent in the UK. 18% is spent on health, about a fifth. Read
Europe
We asked an EU expert to answer the question "What is the EU?" in 500 words. Here's what she said. Read
We followed the Commons debate on the Energy Bill ahead of the voting—here’s a selection of some of the claims we checked. Read
We've factchecked claims about the Energy Bill ahead of third reading in the Commons. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Last night's Question Time came from Dundee. We've checked the panel's claims on the EU referendum, the Scottish economy, oil revenues, and NHS spending. Read
Uncertainty among investors might make it more expensive to finance energy projects in future. Read
Europe
Dr Albertina Albors-Llorens gives a brief rundown of how EU law works. Read
The government has released more information about EU immigrants working and claiming benefits here, but the most important figures are still under wraps. Read
Europe
It's been claimed that two-thirds of manufacturing jobs are reliant on Britain's membership of the EU. That's wrong. Read
Europe
We've factchecked claims from Prime Minister's Questions on poverty, apprenticeships, house building, and jobs going to non-UK EU nationals. Read
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