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
As Chancellor George Osborne delivers his regular Autumn Statement setting out the state of the economy and the government's immediate plans for the future, Labour has attacked the government's cost of living record. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The Chancellor's Autumn Statement today has led to a number of claims about the success or failure of the government's economic strategy so far. So how does the UK compare to its international competitors? Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Old mistakes made it into parliament yesterday as the immigration minister claimed that four out of five new jobs go to British workers. The figures say something quite different. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
As the Prime Minister visits China along with a delegation of business leaders, how much investment is already exchanging hands within the two countries? Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Two apparently opposite claims might have left many confused about the salient trend in house building. Is it really a 'disaster' for would-be home owners? Read
Economy, Business & Finance
With the cost of living shaping up to be a defining battleground for the next election, do families spend less on housing, heating and eating than they do on tax? Read
Economy, Business & Finance
In the UK's property market, there's a severe shortage of affordable homes. There was a time when we were building hundreds of thousands of council houses each year. When did the pace of construction slow? Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The Labour party claims that women are paying the price for the Coalition's austerity measures. Are the stats all that they seem? Read
Economy, Business & Finance
While Labour leader Ed Miliband changed tack to focus on the NHS at this week's Prime Minister's Questions, the "cost of living crisis" was still a topic to which several of his colleagues returned. Is David Cameron's defence of his government's record accurate? Read
Economy, Business & Finance
According to the Daily Star, four million migrants are working in the UK. What type of jobs are they employed in? Read
