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Fact checks about the economy, covering levels of inequality, prices, taxation, employment, unemployment and housing across the UK nations and regions

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Transport

Fact checks related to transport, including public transport, airport expansion, HS2, rail fares and ticket prices

Budget 2024

Get impartial information from our fact checks of Rachel Reeves’ autumn budget.

Welfare

Fact checks related to the welfare of the country, the welfare state, state spending, poverty and pensions

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Policing minister wrong to claim UK is projected to have the ‘fastest growing economy in Europe’
19 February 2025

Dame Diana Johnson is the latest government minister to misstate what IMF and OECD projections show.

Housing minister misstates IMF and OECD growth projections
18 February 2025

Matthew Pennycook is the latest government minister to suggest the UK is projected to be the fastest growing European economy.

Donald Trump’s tariffs: what’s happening and what could it mean for the UK?
18 February 2025

Our new explainer looks at the latest announcements on tariffs from the new US administration.

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Tax

Fact checks focussed on tax and the UK economy

The government’s role in the economy

Fact checks related to national economic programmes including leveling up, the New Deal and nationalisation

Debt and deficit

Fact checks related to policies of austerity and public and national debt

Prices

Fact checks related to the economy in the UK, spending, house prices, public transport, and inflation measures such as the CPI and RPI

Brexit

Fact checks looking at the impact and reported impact of brexit on the UK economy

Cost of living

Fact checks related to the cost of living in the UK

Homes

Fact checks related to house prices, the number of new homes built, landlords and private renting

Jobs and work

Fact checks related to the employment rate, unemployment, pensions and the gender pay gap