Economy, Business & Finance
Economy introductions: the size of the government deficit
Everything you need to know about the UK's budget deficit. Read
Analysis
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Economy, Business & Finance
Economy introductions: income tax and who pays it
An introduction to income tax - and who pays it. Read
Analysis
Economy, Business & Finance
Economy introductions: the size of government spending
Last year, the government spent about £753 billion in total. That’s roughly 40% of all the money spent in the UK. 18% is spent on health, about a fifth. Read
Analysis
Europe
How the EU works: what is the EU?
We asked an EU expert to answer the question "What is the EU?" in 500 words. Here's what she said. Read
Analysis
The Energy Bill in the Commons, factchecked
We followed the Commons debate on the Energy Bill ahead of the voting—here’s a selection of some of the claims we checked. Read
Fact check
Factchecking the Energy Bill
We've factchecked claims about the Energy Bill ahead of third reading in the Commons. Read
Comment
Economy, Business & Finance
10 March's BBC Question Time, factchecked
Last night's Question Time came from Dundee. We've checked the panel's claims on the EU referendum, the Scottish economy, oil revenues, and NHS spending. Read
Fact check
Renewable subsidy cuts might raise bills in the long term, but we don’t know by how much
Uncertainty among investors might make it more expensive to finance energy projects in future. Read
Fact check
Europe
How the EU works: EU law and the UK
Dr Albertina Albors-Llorens gives a brief rundown of how EU law works. Read
Analysis
Mixed results on requests for information about EU immigrants
The government has released more information about EU immigrants working and claiming benefits here, but the most important figures are still under wraps. Read
Comment
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