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13 June 2024

Would Conservative spending commitments mean a £4,800 increase in the average mortgage?

Labour’s claim about the impact of Conservative spending plans is speculative and based on several uncertain assumptions.

6 June 2024

Is Labour right to say families are £5,883 worse off under Rishi Sunak?

We’ve crunched the numbers on the Labour party’s calculations about the cost of living pressures faced by “typical families” since 2019.

29 May 2024

Unpacking the numbers on the impact of the ‘Triple Lock Plus’

Reports of the Conservatives’ proposed pension policy include different estimates of its impact.

22 March 2024

Most junior doctors have not had a 10% pay rise

Although the basic pay of first-year doctors in England did rise by that much last year, most junior doctors had a pay uplift of less than 10%.

6 March 2024

How has disposable income changed since 2010?

Disposable household income has increased in real terms under the Conservative party, but it’s also true that real income growth has been weaker than levels seen under the last Labour government.

4 October 2023

Will halving inflation mean a ‘5p boost’ to incomes?

Earlier this week both the Prime Minister and the chancellor compared the impact of reducing inflation to implementing a tax cut.

21 August 2023

What do the latest wage growth figures actually show?

Contrasting claims about wage growth have been made on social media following the release of new data.

18 July 2023

Sky News article wrongly claims falling inflation figures mean decline in checkout costs

It’s not necessarily the case that lower inflation means things cost less than before. Kantar’s data shows prices are still rising, but less steeply than previously.

26 June 2023

Labour MP’s child poverty claim uses figures which aren’t comparable

Kim Johnson MP tweeted that the number of children in poverty has increased from 2.6 million to 4.2 million since 2010.

22 June 2023

Minimum wage earners haven’t seen a ‘£1,000 reduction in their tax’ compared to what they used to pay

A figure quoted by the Deputy PM actually refers to the difference between what a minimum wage earner pays now, and what they’d be paying if tax thresholds had risen with inflation since 2010.

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Would Conservative spending commitments mean a £4,800 increase in the average mortgage?

Is Labour right to say families are £5,883 worse off under Rishi Sunak?

Unpacking the numbers on the impact of the ‘Triple Lock Plus’

Most junior doctors have not had a 10% pay rise

How has disposable income changed since 2010?

Will halving inflation mean a ‘5p boost’ to incomes?

What do the latest wage growth figures actually show?

Sky News article wrongly claims falling inflation figures mean decline in checkout costs

Labour MP’s child poverty claim uses figures which aren’t comparable

Minimum wage earners haven’t seen a ‘£1,000 reduction in their tax’ compared to what they used to pay

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