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.
The post also compares Germany’s maximum state pension to the UK’s. Germany’s state pensions are difficult to compare to ours as theirs are based on income whilst the UK’s isn’t. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Labour’s estimates do not include rises in wages or benefits, and contain several unreliable assumptions. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Ms Murty uses her non-domiciled status to not pay UK tax on foreign income, but this is an active choice, and not a direct consequence of her Indian citizenship. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
While income from stocks and shares isn’t subject to National Insurance, dividend income is subject to dividend tax which is increasing by the same amount. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The Trussell Trust did provide about 27 times more food parcels at the end of David Cameron’s time in office than it had at the beginning—but this doesn’t mean food insecurity rose that much. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Labour MP Chris Bryant also claimed that VAT exemption on solar panels already happens in the EU. This isn’t quite true. Read
This is the daily allowance for doing parliamentary work in the House. However, not all Lords can claim it, or do. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
International oil prices recently reached similar levels to 2008, but pump prices haven’t dropped to what they were back then. Read
Claims are circulating that £1 per litre is now taken in taxes, but it’s more like 80-90 pence for fuel duty and VAT. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office said it has sanctioned Russian bank assets worth more than those sanctioned by the US or EU—but hasn’t explained how it reached its figures. Read
