Fact checks related to the welfare of the country, the welfare state, state spending, poverty and pensions
Economy, Business & Finance
How many people will be affected by government proposals to bring forward the rise in the state pension age by seven years? Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The government spends around £50 billion on benefits which either go wholly or in part to disabled people, people with health conditions and their carers, including housing benefit and income support. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
A greater share of people claiming disability benefits because of mental health conditions are receiving the higher rate, but that doesn’t mean that those claiming these benefits are all better off. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The Conservatives have introduced a two-child cap on Child Tax Credit, which includes an exception for conception during non-consensual sex or sex in an abusive relationship. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Latest figures suggest two million pensioners are in relative poverty, but the rate is much lower than it was decades ago. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
There aren't readily-available estimates for the proportion of all welfare claimants who are pensioners or of working age. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
This week’s Budget won’t make “average working families” £1,400 worse off, although that’s roughly the right ballpark for the long-term impact of tax and benefit changes. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
People who were assessed for Personal Independence Payments before the tribunal decisions on 29 November won’t see their payments fall because the legislation has been amended. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
Overall spending on disability benefits is forecast to increase in the coming years, even after inflation is taken into account. Read
Economy, Business & Finance
The new benefit cap is introduced on 7 November 2016. We look whether it affects single mothers, large families and those with higher rents more than others. Read
