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 Coalition and Labour have clashed on spending commitments after the next election. But are Labour set for a £25 billion spending spree as the Times suggests? Read
Economy, Business & Finance
With the business policy of both Labour and the Coalition under the microscope, the Prime Minister today trumpeted the government's record of supporting small business growth by reducing the burden placed upon them by regulations. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The "cost of living crisis" has been the hot topic in politics for the past few months, but is it all an illusion? Today the government said that, despite Labour claims to the contrary, wages are rising faster than prices. Do the facts bear this out? Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary Rachel Reeves today made headlines by announcing that a Labour government would prevent jobseekers from receiving benefit payments unless they met basic skills levels. How many people are likely to be affected? Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Labour leader Ed Miliband today claimed that a "reckoning" with the banks was necessary to ensure that the country built "a banking system that serves the real economy." But are British banks as dysfunctional as he suggests? Read
Europe
With Europe and welfare reform both topics at the top of the political agenda at the moment, Chancellor George Osborne used his speech to Open Europe this week to claim that European countries "can't go on" spending the amounts they do on social protection. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
With Labour Leader Ed Miliband limbering up in yesterday's Telegraph for his set piece speech on the middle-class later this week, we offer a group of factchecks looking at whether the pressures they face are as severe as he claims. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
With Labour Leader Ed Miliband limbering up in this morning's Telegraph for his set piece speech on the middle-class later this week, we offer a group of factchecks looking at whether the pressures they face are as severe as he claims. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
With Labour Leader Ed Miliband limbering up in this morning's Telegraph for his set piece speech on the middle-class later this week, we offer a group of factchecks looking at whether the pressures they face are as severe as he claims. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
As MPs debate the ongoing issue of house building and whether the government is doing enough, one eye-catching claim deserves closer scrutiny. Read
