Economy, Business & Finance
Labour Manifesto: Insecure jobs
We've factchecked claims from Jeremy Corbyn's speech at the Labour party manifesto launch. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
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 Manifesto: People earning less than the living wage
We've factchecked claims from Jeremy Corbyn's speech at the Labour party manifesto launch. Read
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Labour Manifesto: Rich and Poor
We've factchecked claims from Jeremy Corbyn's speech at the Labour party manifesto launch. Read
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Labour and Conservative records on the national debt
The rise in government debt from 1997 to the present day. Read
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Has employment growth been driven by a rise in insecure, precarious work?
From the statistics, it doesn’t seem like unwanted part-time work or unsatisfactory temporary work has been the major driver behind the growth in employment. Read
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Is 40% of Glasgow living in poverty?
Living in a deprived area doesn’t necessarily mean a person is deprived. Around 48% of areas in Glasgow were among the 20% most deprived in Scotland. Read
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Interest payments on the national debt
About 5% of government spending goes on interest payments, although this is below the historic average. Read
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How many nurses are using foodbanks?
Media reports show that at least some individual nurses and trainees have visited food banks. We've not found any evidence on how widespread this is. Read
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Are four million children living in poverty?
Around four million children in the UK were living in relative poverty in the UK, once housing costs are accounted for, although that’s just one way to measure poverty. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Government funding for the rail industry
How does taxpayer support for privatised rail compare with funding for the old British Rail? Read
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