Economy, Business & Finance
Regional Growth Fund cash: allocated, but unspent?
The BBC and the Minister appear to disagree on how much progress the Regional Growth Fund is making. Read
Analysis
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 crucial to Scottish public spending are reliable oil and gas receipts?
The future of North Sea oil and gas has been the unknown factor underpinning many disagreements between the Yes and No camps in the Scottish independence debate. So just how vital is it to the amount of money that would be available to a sovereign Scottish government? Read
Fact checks
Economy, Business & Finance
Are London rents up 10%?
Is the cost of renting in London on the increase? Yes, but figures being used by Labour can't be used for a year-on-year comparison, and the better alternatives suggest lower increases than are being claimed. Read
Analysis
Economy, Business & Finance
Are Romanians and Bulgarians taking 1 in 10 new jobs?
Employment trends which consider nationality or country of birth cannot tell us anything about 'new jobs' or whether one group has gained more new jobs than another. Read
Analysis
Economy, Business & Finance
Are 40% of recent graduates unemployed?
A survey by totaljobs.com, reported by several newspapers, claimed that 40% of graduates were still looking for work six months after graduating. But official statistics tell a different story. Read
Analysis
Economy, Business & Finance
Did workless households double under Labour?
The Prime Minister responds to the Cardinal on welfare reform. Read
Analysis
Economy, Business & Finance
Would average earners have to see their wages more than double to afford their first home?
The Mirror reported that average earners need double their wage to buy their first home, but is this what the research it references says? Read
Analysis
Economy, Business & Finance
Is the government enforcing the minimum wage better?
The Prime Minister suggests that the government is enforcing seven times more in penalties for not paying the Minimum Wage than the previous government did at the end of its tenure. But is this the whole story? Read
Analysis
Economy, Business & Finance
Is house building in Britain on the rise?
The Prime Minister has defended his government's controversial Help to Buy scheme against claims that it was overheating the market by pointing to a rise in house building. How significant is this? Read
Analysis
Economy, Business & Finance
Tube strikes: are ticket offices almost unused?
Last week the Prime Minister told MPs there was "absolutely no justification" for the tube strikes, and that it "makes sense" to have fewer people staffing ticket offices when, he said, only 3% of transactions involve them. Read
Analysis