Fact checks about the economic impact on wages, house prices and health care created by immigration to the UK
Economy, Business & Finance
A false claim circulating on social media says that the cap on bus fares has increased to £3 as a result of the policy. Read
Immigration
A figure used by Robert Jenrick MP refers to a study which estimated the lifetime net cost of asylum seekers in the Netherlands, not the UK. Read
Not every asylum seeker is eligible for support payments, and those that are receive much less than has been claimed on Facebook. Read
Health
The Prime Minister claimed £900 million had been raised by the surcharge, but there was some confusion as to whether he was only referring to contributions from health workers. Read
Crime
There were 4,000 EU nationals in prison in England and Wales at the end of 2017, and over 9,000 foreign prisoners overall. It’s not easy to determine the cost of these prisoners to the taxpayer. Read
Immigration
It’s impossible to say for definite how much immigration has pushed up house prices. Read
Immigration
It’s correct that there were about 1.7 million unemployed people in the UK at the last count, in July-September 2016. Read
Immigration
Conclusions from a Bank of England report have been repeatedly misquoted. Read
Immigration
This is plausible, although we can’t be certain about immigrants’ housing needs and there’s not enough clear research that would give us better figures. Read
