Fact checks related to the employment rate, unemployment, pensions and the gender pay gap
Economy, Business & Finance
The typical taxpayer will pay £850 less tax in income tax 2018/19 compared to 2010/11, once inflation is included, due to increases in the personal allowance. 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 are an estimated 48,000 women working in engineering professions compared to 400,000 men. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
32,000 people worked in steel in 2016. More than half of these jobs are in Wales, and Yorkshire and Humber. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
More women work in occupations that tend to offer lower salaries such as administration and caring. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The gender pay gap, measured by comparing median hourly earnings, is close to a record low level in the UK. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Employment has increased since the Brexit vote, and the unemployment rate is 4.3%. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
No. On average German workers took four hours to produce what UK workers produced in five hours in 2016. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
This is correct, as a percentage of all adults either working or looking for a job across the UK. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
This isn’t quite right, but wage growth is at its lowest level in peacetime since the Napoleonic Wars. Read
