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
We’ve looked into the numbers after claims from a number of Conservative MPs, including the party’s leader Kemi Badenoch. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
We’ve seen several social media videos claiming this is part of new measures being introduced in October, but HMRC confirmed it isn’t true. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
A spokesperson for the National Crime Agency, which oversees the Financial Intelligence Unit, confirmed this is not true. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
UK Finance told us this wasn’t something that it was aware of and we couldn’t find evidence of any such policy. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The list includes taxes that are more than a century old and other taxes that don’t exist in the UK. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Last month the Prime Minister claimed living standards were “at an all-time low” under the previous government—but none of the usual measures of living standards back this up. Read
Politics
We’ve taken a look at key claims from the Labour government’s first Spending Review. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Catherine McKinnell MP claimed “we’ve seen inflation coming down”, but her department has since told us she meant to refer to interest rates. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
A video shared more than 1,500 times claims you now have to notify HMRC to withdraw cash from your account, but this is not true. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The country’s Ministry of Finance confirmed it does not request advance notice of withdrawals. Read
