Economy, Business & Finance
Handouts for foreign nationals?
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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
Take home pay and worklessness: what do the figures say?
Iain Duncan Smith appeared on the Sunday Politics show yesterday to discuss the government's welfare reforms. We look into some of his claims. Read
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Privileged access to official figures has gone too far, says UK stats watchdog
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How can bank bonuses both rise and fall in the same year?
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Zero-hours contracts: do new figures show a sharp rise in their use?
With a wide range of estimates available on the number of people working on zero-hours contracts, do new figures show that the total doubled in 2013? Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Have apprenticeships doubled under the Coalition?
Older age groups are largely responsible for rise in participation and starts. Read
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How to interpret the youth unemployment rate
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Estimating the costs of regulation to British business
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The scale of UK sickness absence
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Is the Universal Credit roll-out costing £190,000 per claimant?
The government has claimed that its flagship welfare reform policy could save the taxpayer as much as £38 billion over the next decade, but today a Labour Treasury spokesperson said that it was in fact costing £190,000 per claimant Read
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