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 by totaljobs.com, reported by several newspapers, claimed that 40% of graduates were still looking for work six months after graduating. But official statistics tell a different story. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The Prime Minister responds to the Cardinal on welfare reform. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The Mirror reported that average earners need double their wage to buy their first home, but is this what the research it references says? Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The Prime Minister suggests that the government is enforcing seven times more in penalties for not paying the Minimum Wage than the previous government did at the end of its tenure. But is this the whole story? Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The Prime Minister has defended his government's controversial Help to Buy scheme against claims that it was overheating the market by pointing to a rise in house building. How significant is this? Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Last week the Prime Minister told MPs there was "absolutely no justification" for the tube strikes, and that it "makes sense" to have fewer people staffing ticket offices when, he said, only 3% of transactions involve them. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The Coalition and Labour have clashed on spending commitments after the next election. But are Labour set for a £25 billion spending spree as the Times suggests? Read
Economy, Business & Finance
With the business policy of both Labour and the Coalition under the microscope, the Prime Minister today trumpeted the government's record of supporting small business growth by reducing the burden placed upon them by regulations. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The "cost of living crisis" has been the hot topic in politics for the past few months, but is it all an illusion? Today the government said that, despite Labour claims to the contrary, wages are rising faster than prices. Do the facts bear this out? Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary Rachel Reeves today made headlines by announcing that a Labour government would prevent jobseekers from receiving benefit payments unless they met basic skills levels. How many people are likely to be affected? Read
