Fact checks focused on homelessness, poverty, inequality and social mobility
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
Economy, Business & Finance
The figure is about the number of three day emergency food supplies given out to children by the Trussell Trust last year—about 437,000—not the number of children who received them. Read
Education
Check the figures on Oxford and Cambridge entry. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The most recent data shows that 15% of households that use Trussell Trust foodbanks include at least one person with some work or employment income. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Private sector wages dropped much more rapidly than public sector wages during the recession. They began recovering as public sector wages slowed. In recent years the gap between the two has narrowed. Read
