Fact checks focused on homelessness, poverty, inequality and social mobility
Based on one of the most comprehensive measures, child poverty fell between 2010 and 2015, but has been rising since. The latest figures suggest it’s now back to roughly what it was in 2010. Read
Ms Rayner said millions of women have fallen into poverty because of changes to the pension age. We don’t know the number for certain but it is certainly not millions. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The UK is the sixth- or ninth-richest country in terms of GDP, and the 20th- or 27th-richest in terms of GDP per capita. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
In a video on Labour's inequality record Tony Blair lists statistics on topics from the NHS to poverty. The figures are all broadly correct, but also don't include overall income inequality. Read
Health
27% of women responding to a survey in Great Britain said they couldn’t afford sanitary products. But it wasn’t designed to be representative and more representative surveys found it's about 1 in 10. Read
The calculation includes the number of people living in temporary accommodation, hostels and those sleeping rough. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
UK poverty by one measure is around the EU average. A viral tweet misleadingly suggests the UK poverty rate is much higher by using a different measure for the UK. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Austerity policies have impacted the poorest households most. Despite this, since 2010 the poorest households have seen their post-tax incomes rise the most. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The UK is about average among similar high-income countries when it comes to income inequality. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Over the long term, UK absolute child poverty is down while relative child poverty is stable. Each measure has its own strengths and weaknesses. Read
