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
A survey carried out by lobby group Fair Fuel UK found that the soaring cost of petrol is the most pressing national issue. But what of the economy, immigration and the NHS? Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Full Fact investigates the evidence that an army of 16 to 24 year olds have been left workless as a result of the beer tax. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Liberal Democrat Minister Jeremy Browne told yesterday's Question Time audience that this week's credit rating downgrade should strengthen the UK's resolve to reduce its deficit, as those countries with the best ratings are also those that have cut farthest. Is this true? Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Today the Labour party splashed a giant clock over its website - the 'countdown' to April 6th when, the party claims, 13,000 millionaires will get a £100,000 tax cut. How did they work this out? Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The Chair of the UK Statistics Authority Andrew Dilnot has today written to Labour Leader Ed Miliband over his claim in the Sun newspaper that in Europe "only crisis-hit Spain … Read
Economy, Business & Finance
While BBC Question Time panelists debated the size of the welfare bill, the show's extra guest claimed it was small change compared to the scale of tax evasion and avoidance. So how much money is lost to the Treasury this way? Read
Economy, Business & Finance
With the Prime Minister beating the drum for British business on the Indian sub-continent, do we really lag behind Belgium in terms of our trade links with India? Read
Europe
After releasing estimates of how many migrants from Romania and Bulgaria would reach our shores, Migration Watch has looked into the economic incentives behind their potential move. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
A debate surrounding the success rate of the 'Get Britain Working' policy has been polarising newpaper pundits. Who's right? Read
Economy, Business & Finance
As it was revealed that 4 million people in Britain have never worked in their lives, today's headlines accused Britons of idleness. But how many of them are students? People with a disability? Housewives? Full Fact investigates. Read
