List of claims about Muslims in Britain reappears on social media
A Facebook post contains a number of claims about Muslims in Britain that are either wrong or unevidenced. Read
Fact checks
Immigration and jobs
Fact checks including the impact of immigration on the UK labour market, skills gaps and wages
Immigration
EU immigrant workers in the UK: five things we learned
The independent Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) today released a report about the impacts of EU immigrant workers on the UK economy, and recommendations for how immigration policy should change. Read
Analysis
Health
Are junior doctors paid enough to get a UK visa?
In December 2017, a non-EEA junior doctor needed to be earning £55,000 in order to get a visa for the UK. Read
Fact checks
Immigration
What skills are we short of in the UK?
There’s no simple definition for a shortage profession, but nurses and chefs are currently listed by experts as needing workers from overseas. Read
Fact checks
Immigration
Conservative Manifesto: Immigration and work
We've factchecked claims from Theresa May's speech at the Conservative party manifesto launch. Read
Fact checks
Immigration
Are one in nine UK workers migrants?
About one in nine were foreign nationals in 2016. About one in six were born outside the UK. Read
Fact checks
Economy, Business & Finance
Foreigners working in the UK
We don’t know how many have been hired, fired or quit—however you define a “foreigner”. Read
Fact checks
Immigration
Does a 10% rise in immigration lead to a 2% reduction in wages?
Conclusions from a Bank of England report have been repeatedly misquoted. Read
Fact checks
Economy, Business & Finance
New jobs for foreign workers
We don't know how many new jobs go to British or foreign workers, but we've looked at figures for the change in employment and the nationalities and country of birth that account for this. Read
Analysis
Immigration
Migration and welfare benefits
A look at what welfare benefits immigrants are entitled to in the UK. Read
Analysis
