Fact checks focused on homelessness, poverty, inequality and social mobility
Economy, Business & Finance
The government did introduce legislation to allow for temporary energy tariff caps, as promised in the 2017 Conservative manifesto. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
HMRC employs around 1,000 staff to work with and investigate the tax affairs of the affluent and super-rich. DWP employs around 4,000 staff in its benefit fraud team. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Trussell Trust research shows increases in food bank use in areas where Universal Credit has been rolled out. It’s difficult to measure the extent that one is causing the other. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The UK has six of the poorest 10 regions comparing GDP per person against nearby countries, but this doesn’t mean the people who live there are poorer. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
78% of 10,000 UK employers, most with over 250 staff, have a gender pay gap. The median hourly wage gap for these employers is around 10%. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
There aren’t any readily available figures for what proportion of all taxes the top 1% pays. This claim is just referring to income taxes. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
128,000 children are living in temporary accommodation in Britain. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
It’s not correct that absolute child poverty has risen by this much since 2010. Read
Education
We looked at the proportion of private school pupils going to Oxford and getting top jobs and the proportion of students from disadvantaged backgrounds going to university. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
An estimated one in five people in the UK lives in absolute or relative poverty, after housing costs are taken into account. Read
