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 PM claimed there are more people in work than there were before the pandemic. This figure only counts employees and not the self-employed. In total there are 600,000 fewer people in work. Read
The post misunderstands how state pensions work in the UK. Read
National Insurance is increasing, but so is the threshold for paying it, and how it affects working pensioners changes next year. Read
A post on Facebook claims MPs can claim ‘up to’ £3,400 for utility bills. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Government ministers have repeatedly claimed employment is higher than pre-pandemic levels, when it is not. Read
Claims on Twitter and Facebook say that an elderly man in a London borough was told by his council he could be forced to take in a Ukrainian family. Read
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
