Economy, Business & Finance
Zero-hours contracts: have the numbers doubled?
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Economy, Business & Finance
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
How inflation could save you £500 a year
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Economy, Business & Finance
Is take home pay for the majority rising faster than prices?
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Has Labour ever left office with lower unemployment than it started with?
A claim made at PMQs last week and repeated in a Times article today - what does the evidence say? Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Labour's costing of Universal Credit needs context
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Economy, Business & Finance
EU debate: do we need a house every seven minutes to cope with immigration?
"We need to build a house every 7 minutes just to cope with immigration into this country." Nigel Farage, BBC EU debate, 3 April 2014 This is actually an old … Read
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Europe
Independent front-page repeats EU jobs error
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Economy, Business & Finance
Self-build Britain: is the UK lagging behind other countries?
Britain is lagging behind other countries for self-building, according to the Independent this week. The figures point this way, but they're far from an ideal measure. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Is bingo on the decline?
Following the announcement of a duty cut from 20% to 10%, bingo has made the headlines. But has it been declining as fast as the Chancellor claims? Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Record number of people in work, or just a record number of people?
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