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 Conservatives have said that Labour plans to increase the basic rate of income tax to 25%, but that’s not the case. Labour said it won’t raise income tax for those earning less than £80,000. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The Conservative government hasn’t redefined child poverty, in terms of changing what’s counted or how it’s counted. But it did change the target. Read
Europe
The value of the pound has fallen considerably since the Brexit vote, most sharply on the day of the result Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Revenues are up in cash terms, but that isn't unarguably linked to lower rates. Corporation tax rates have gone down since 2010, and they're a lot lower than they were in the 1980s. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
GDP growth was higher than expected in the second half of 2016. It slowed in the first three months of this year. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The UK has 16% shares in the European Investment Bank, that was around £9 billion in 2016. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
UK exports to the other 50 or so Commonwealth nations were 9% of the total in 2015. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
We've looked at the comparative costs of wind and solar projects compared to fossil fuels. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Labour isn't committing to a 'Garden Tax'. Its manifesto only promises to review the council tax and business rate systems and consider new options such as a land value tax. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Child poverty is projected to rise on a number of measures by 2021. Read
