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
Labour leader Ed Miliband today claimed that a "reckoning" with the banks was necessary to ensure that the country built "a banking system that serves the real economy." But are British banks as dysfunctional as he suggests? Read
Economy, Business & Finance
With Labour Leader Ed Miliband limbering up in yesterday's Telegraph for his set piece speech on the middle-class later this week, we offer a group of factchecks looking at whether the pressures they face are as severe as he claims. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
With Labour Leader Ed Miliband limbering up in this morning's Telegraph for his set piece speech on the middle-class later this week, we offer a group of factchecks looking at whether the pressures they face are as severe as he claims. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
With Labour Leader Ed Miliband limbering up in this morning's Telegraph for his set piece speech on the middle-class later this week, we offer a group of factchecks looking at whether the pressures they face are as severe as he claims. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
As MPs debate the ongoing issue of house building and whether the government is doing enough, one eye-catching claim deserves closer scrutiny. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
2014 has started with the Labour Party returning to a theme it campaigned on throughout 2013: the "cost of living crisis". But is the present government overseeing 20% rises in rail fares? Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The income tax debate popped up again today at Prime Minister's Questions. But are the leaders' claims about the highest earners consistent with the numbers? Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Rising growth and employment alongside falling real wages gives both sides of the economic debate room for manoeuvre, but have women's incomes fallen by as much as Labour claims? Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The Government claims there are more pounds in our pockets than dollars, euros and yen in theirs. You've nowhere had it so good? Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Last week Chancellor George Osborne reminded the nation of what looks set to be the Coalition's key election claim: "Britain's economic plan is working". On the back of the latest … Read
