Economy, Business & Finance
Express corrects claim about UK’s youth unemployment
The UK’s youth unemployment rate is higher than the EU average, but not “the highest in Europe”. Read
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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
Video shows queue for fuel in Spain, not UK
A video shared on social media with claims about long queues at petrol stations in the UK actually shows scenes from Seville in Spain. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
BBC corrects misreported energy bills figure
A live blog post gave an incorrect figure for the amount an average household can expect to save when changes to the energy price cap come in next month. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Is inflation up or down under Labour?
Whether Rachel Reeves or Mel Stride is right depends on the time period you’re looking at, because inflation has fallen recently, but is still higher than it was at the last general election. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Mel Stride repeats inaccurate claim about youth unemployment
Responding to today’s Spring Forecast, Conservative shadow chancellor Sir Mel Stride MP claimed that the UK’s youth unemployment is “the highest in Europe”.This isn’t correct. According to the Organisation for … Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
UK youth unemployment is higher than the EU average, but not the ‘highest in Europe’
The Conservative shadow education secretary Laura Trott claimed the UK has the highest youth unemployment rate in Europe—but this isn’t correct. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
This comparison of asylum support, benefit fraud and tax avoidance costs is still wrong
A post circulating on Facebook features several inaccurate figures about the cost of “asylum seeker benefits”, benefit fraud and error and tax avoidance. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Figures used in social media posts comparing prices in 2000 to 2026 are not quite right
Posts shared on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube make a number of comparisons between prices of things like energy in 2000 and 2026, but some of the figures used are incorrect. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Unemployment has increased under Labour, but it hasn’t risen ‘every single month’
Conservative shadow cabinet minister Alex Burghart claimed on LBC that unemployment has gone up “in every single month” under Labour, but that’s not quite right. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Fake ‘BBC’ article falsely claims that Martin Lewis has been arrested
The page features a fake image probably generated with AI, and also falsely claims Martin Lewis is endorsing a new AI trading platform. Read
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