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 Sun places a £400 million price tag on the nation's 'militant' unions after pointing to figures showing two million working days have been lost due to strikes since 2010. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
As the schools inspector body Ofsted released its first annual report for children's social care this week, its Chief Inspector berated the authorities in Birmingham for providing inadequate child protection. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The use of foodbanks has become a popular touchstone for many MPs in debates about living standards. But what do the latest figures tell us about the effect of the government's welfare changes? Read
Economy, Business & Finance
As the cost of living debate takes centre-stage once again, we ask whether the measures being quoted by the government are all that useful. Read
Europe
A leaked European Commission report was at the centre of a media storm this weekend, with the Sunday Telegraph claiming that it revealed the "true scale of European immigration". Now that the report has been made public, what can we conclude from it? Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The Labour Party has said up to 450,000 vulnerable people have been summonsed to court for failing to pay their council tax. A government minister says this claim is "contradicted by official statistics." Is either claim accurate? Read
Europe
According to a new report, the EU has generated more than 3,500 new business directives since the May 2010 election. But with some sectors more tightly regulated than others, the load isn't evenly distributed. We've looked at the detail of the research. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
After MPs returned for the first session of PMQs since conference season, sparks flew over the issue of the Marriage Transferable Tax Allowance, announced last month. The Prime Minister's claims on the subject need to be clarified. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Labour has claimed that for 38 out of the Coalition's 39 months in power, the value of their wage packet has dropped. But what measure are they using? And are they right? Read
Europe
Today Nick Clegg warned that "isolationist forces are on the rise" and those in favour of remaining in the EU need to stand up and be counted. As he argued the case for the UK retaining its membership, he made a series of claims. We've looked at his evidence. Read
