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.
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Legal aid has been available to all since 1949. New reforms, announced this year, will gradually cut this scheme which the Daily Mail reports is costing £500,000 per week in legal aid to prisoners. What's behind these figures? Read
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This article was updated 8/7/13. See the bottom for details. 'Infographics'. They're now everywhere on the internet. From Google searches to Twitter and Facebook feeds, it's increasingly difficult to avoid … Read
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Though official estimates put the number of people employed under zero-hours contracts at around 200,000, new figures suggest that over 300,000 social care workers are employed under these terms. Which of these figures is correct? Read
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According to the Shadow Business Secretary, the UK's trade deficit is at its highest since the 1980s. Good news or bad? Read
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Yesterday's spending review has already sparked lively debate, but are claims about the strength of the Government's investment plans from each side of the political divide accurate? Read
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Youth apprenticeships are down by 12% and the Government's apprenticeships budget is languishing unspent: so said Labour MP Tristram Hunt in Parliament this week. Full Fact checks it out. Read
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New statistics on the Work Programme deliver a bleak picture of its performance. What should we make of them? Read
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George Osborne told the great and the good of the City that the UK economy is on the path to recovery. What can we say about the evidence for this claim? Read
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As David Cameron and Ed Miliband took to their despatch boxes for another round of Prime Minister's Questions today, bankers' bonuses were high on the agenda. So what's happening to paychecks in the City? Read
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OPINION: Yesterday the latest employment and unemployment figures were released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). It's a regular monthly release which never ceases to make headlines for even … Read
