Fact checks, commentary and analysis on the topic of the UK Labour Party
Economy, Business & Finance
Labour’s shadow women and equalities secretary Anneliese Dodds claimed the Conservatives have “allowed the gender pay gap to rise”. Read
Immigration
It’s not clear how many more migrants might come as a result of any future returns agreement with the EU, but the 100,000 figure is based on a number of assumptions. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
We’ve seen a number of seemingly contradictory claims at the last two PMQs. Some are more accurate than others, but none tell the full story. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The Conservative Party claims that Labour has pledged £90 billion worth of unfunded spending commitments. We’ve looked into how it reached this figure. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Labour’s claim that affordable housing supply has fallen by 95% misinterprets the statistics. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The government’s plan to reduce foreign aid will still mean spending more on it than past governments did. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The Prime Minister claimed that band D average council tax is higher in Labour areas than Conservative ones. But band D rates are not a fair comparison. Average tax in Labour areas is lower. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The Conservatives’ claim they charge less council tax than Labour is pretty meaningless. It’s based on a flawed method. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Estimates for the economic and jobs impact of keeping a shipbuilding contract in the UK make assumptions that are unevidenced. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Labour is not expecting a run on the pound, but both Corbyn and McDonnell support “scenario-plans” which consider what to do if it should happen under their government. Read
