Richard Braham

10 February 2017

Economy, Business & Finance

How much would a hard Brexit cost?

It's not unorthodox to say that trading with the EU under terms set by the WTO would be bad from an economic perspective, but putting an exact cost on it is tricky. Read

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3 February 2017

Economy, Business & Finance

Income inequality

By several headline measures, it’s fallen gradually across the bulk of UK households in the past ten years. Read

Fact checks
30 January 2017

Economy, Business & Finance

Business rates: up or down?

Rates are going up for some on 1 April, but in the past few years government policies have brought them down overall. Read

Fact checks
13 January 2017

Europe

UK wealth: how much is owned by the 1%?

Even though it’s tricky to estimate what people own, especially the very rich, the claim that 1% of the UK population own 50% of its wealth isn’t supported by the estimates we’ve seen. Read

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