We check facts about the UK economy. This includes money issues like prices, taxes, jobs, people out of work, and housing. We also look at how these things are different in each part of the UK.
Economy, Business & Finance
"The Tories have been urged to overhaul apprenticeships after it emerged a million people bid for 85,000 places last year", Mirror, 23rd May 2015 In Wednesday's Queen's Speech the government … Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Britain has a productivity problem. Although on average we work longer hours than Germany and France, we actually produce less per worker than they do... Read
Economy, Business & Finance
"We will raise at least £5 billion from continuing to tackle tax evasion, and aggressive tax avoidance and tax planning, building on the £7 billion of annual savings we have … Read
Economy, Business & Finance
"We have the second largest defence budget in NATO and the largest in the EU"—Conservative manifesto, page 77 The above claim is true if you use one measurement of global … Read
Economy, Business & Finance
"Five years ago, the budget deficit was more than 10 per cent of GDP, the highest in our peacetime history […] today, the deficit is half that level and debt … Read
Immigration
A look at what welfare benefits immigrants are entitled to in the UK. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
In this section Manifesto clash: house building Manifesto clash: recent house building Manifesto clash: affordable housing Introduction There's an old saying about Englishmen and their homes. The modern variation might … Read
Education
We've taken a look at competing claims about apprenticeships in the Conservative and Labour manifestos for the 2015 general election. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Read the IFS's full report on the manifestos here. The IFS is Britain's leading independent microeconomic research institute. The commentary that follows has been produced independently of Full Fact. All … Read
Economy, Business & Finance
In this section Independent expert commentary from the Institute for Fiscal Studies Manifesto clash: living standards Manifesto clash: debt and deficit Manifesto clash: job security Introduction Three issues dominate any … Read
