Economy, Business & Finance
Pensioners in poverty
Latest figures suggest two million pensioners are in relative poverty, but the rate is much lower than it was decades ago. Read
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Welfare
Fact checks related to the welfare of the country, the welfare state, state spending, poverty and pensions
Economy, Business & Finance
Are 40% of welfare claimants pensioners?
There aren't readily-available estimates for the proportion of all welfare claimants who are pensioners or of working age. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
“Average working families” and the Budget
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
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Economy, Business & Finance
Amendments to PIP legislation
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
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Economy, Business & Finance
Disability benefits: spending on the rise?
Overall spending on disability benefits is forecast to increase in the coming years, even after inflation is taken into account. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
How does the new benefit cap affect single mothers?
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
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Economy, Business & Finance
The IFS and the benefit cap
The Institute for Fiscal Studies said that the benefit cap used to almost exclusively affect families with a lot of children or high rents, but not any more. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Welfare sanctions and homelessness
A survey found that 39% of homeless people had been sanctioned. 21% became homeless because of it. Read
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Europe
The government's EU leaflet: benefits
Factchecking the government's EU referendum leaflet on benefits for EU migrants. Read
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Economy, Business & Finance
Do benefit fraud investigators outnumber tax inspectors 10:1?
We’ve looked into claims comparing the number of benefit fraud and tax evasion investigators. Read
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