Europe
Trade across the Irish border
Trade across the Irish border was worth at least £5 billion in 2016. Read
Analysis
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
Budget forecasts: take them with a pinch of salt
Predicting the future is hard—but forecasts are useful for policy makers. Read
Analysis
Economy, Business & Finance
Tax dodging: how big is the problem?
The government says the tax gap is £34 billion. Other estimates go as high as £122 billion. Read
Analysis
Economy, Business & Finance
How many people earn less than the living wage?
Around 6 million employee jobs earned less than the living wage in 2016. We can’t say exactly how many people this applies to as some may be doing more than one job. Read
Analysis
Economy, Business & Finance
The Rates: National Minimum Wage, National Living Wage and Living Wage
What is the National Minimum Wage? What is a living wage? How different are they and what does the law say about them? Read
Analysis
Economy, Business & Finance
What is unemployment?
How many people are unemployed in the UK? What is unemployment and how is it measured? And what's the difference between structural and cyclical unemployment? Read
Analysis
Economy, Business & Finance
Who's working in the 'gig economy'?
Some of the key figures on the gig economy, to put the claims into context. Read
Analysis
Economy, Business & Finance
Election 2017: what the parties haven’t told voters
Full Fact factchecks what the parties do say. Often what they haven't said matters even more. Read
Analysis
Europe
What is hard Brexit?
Hard Brexit is at one end of the spectrum, it’s about moving further away from the EU and cutting the main formal ties with the EU. But there are many other ways we could leave. Read
Analysis
Economy, Business & Finance
Is housing getting less affordable?
But what does ‘affordable housing’ mean? The word is used to mean different things in different contexts, and there’s no single measure of the ‘right amount’ to spend on housing. Read
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