Fact checks related to the welfare of the country, the welfare state, state spending, poverty and pensions
Health
Many different news sites have published articles claiming that snoring could mean you're entitled to Personal Independence Payments. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
These estimates are uncertain for several reasons, but 12 million households would amount to many more than 12 million people. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Suella Braverman told the Question Time audience that a single mother in certain circumstances would be £1,600 better off this year compared with last year, because of government support. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The claim that families are ‘£2,620 worse off’ does not account for any rises in wages or benefits, and is based on some cost estimates which are not reliable. Read
The post misunderstands how state pensions work in the UK. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The Trussell Trust did provide about 27 times more food parcels at the end of David Cameron’s time in office than it had at the beginning—but this doesn’t mean food insecurity rose that much. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Welsh First Minister Mark Drakeford and Scottish Finance Secretary Kate Forbes said the countries would not be receiving more money as other areas of their provisional budgets are being revised down. Read
The Prime Minister denied ever making the comment during the first PMQs of the year. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
It’s been claimed the NI rise will take the tax burden to the highest level “in history”, in peacetime, since 1948, since 1950 and since 1969. Read
Health
People are not entitled to the equivalent of the living wage while they self-isolate, and a £500 support payment is only for those on benefits or in hardship. Read
