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
Women’s Aid, a charity focusing on women suffering domestic abuse, has said that “67% of specialist domestic abuse refuges in England will be forced to close” unless they are exempted from the changes Read
Economy, Business & Finance
“Devastating figures released over this summer show that £9.3 billion of public money is paid through housing benefit directly into the pockets of private landlords.” Jeremy Corbyn, 7 September 2016 … Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Prime Minister's Questions 7 September 2016: Right to Buy on target, but one in six sold off is replaced Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Prime Minister's Questions 7 September 2016: There are a lot of different ways of looking at house building figures over time. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The Treasury hasn’t backtracked on Help to Buy ISAs, and they don’t just help people who already have the money to buy a house, contrary to some reports. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Contrary to one report, the vote to leave the EU hasn't pushed up retail prices for bacon. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
There aren't figures that show exactly how much more transport investment is planned for London than the rest of the UK. Read
Europe
It's been suggested that the UK's pubs have been doing a roaring trade on the back of the vote to leave the EU. The figures don't support that theory. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The Prime Minister says that young people are finding it harder to buy homes. All the evidence we've seen bears that out. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The unemployment rate for Muslim women was 16% in 2015, compared to around 5% for women in general. Read
