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One per domain page: 14 current, 5 editorial explainers and 14 held. An image is current only when every figure it prints matches today’s record and its primary sources have been checked; otherwise the page shows a chart drawn from the records instead.

PageStateRecords behind itWhy held / note
/housingHomes still cost nearly eight years of full-time pay.Current
  • House price to workplace-based earnings ratio, England, 1997: 3.5× (1997)
  • House price to workplace-based earnings ratio, England, 2000: 4.2× (2000)
  • House price to workplace-based earnings ratio, England, 2021: 9.1× (2021)
  • House price to workplace-based earnings ratio, England, 2025: 7.6× (2025)
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/nhsEngland’s NHS waiting list has tripled since 2012.Held
  • RTT incomplete pathways, March 2012 (long-run baseline: start of the 92% standard for waiting patients): 2.44m (Mar 2012)
  • RTT incomplete pathways, February 2020 (before the pandemic): 4.57m (Feb 2020)
  • RTT incomplete pathways, highest month on record: 7.77m (Sep 2023)
  • RTT incomplete pathways, latest month: 7.37m (Aug 2026)
  • Share of incomplete pathways waiting under 18 weeks: 65.2% (Aug 2026)
  • NHS Constitution 18-week standard: 92% (Standing standard)
  • Prints 7.33m; the current record is 7.37m for Aug 2026 (RTT incomplete pathways, latest month)
  • Prints 65.4%; the current record is 65.2% for Aug 2026 (Share of incomplete pathways waiting under 18 weeks)
  • The two waiting-list bars in the image are drawn 2–3% too short for their values. The chart above is drawn to scale from the same figures.
/crimeKnife offences fell 8% — yet 41% of adults experienced or witnessed antisocial behaviour.Current
  • CSEW fraud incidents: 4.5m (YE Mar 2026)
  • CSEW headline crime including fraud and computer misuse: 9.6m (YE Mar 2026)
  • Fraud as a share of the CSEW headline total: 47% (YE Mar 2026)
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/employmentNearly a million young people are outside work, education and training.Held
  • Young people not in education, employment or training: 981k (Apr–Jun 2026)
  • NEET rate, 16–24: 13.0% (Apr–Jun 2026)
  • NEET and unemployed (looking and available for work): 393k (Apr–Jun 2026)
  • NEET and economically inactive (not looking, or not available, for work): 588k (Apr–Jun 2026)
  • The bar showing 13% of young people is drawn at about 15%. The chart above is drawn to scale.
/inflationA £100 basket in January 2021 now costs £132. Lower inflation would slow that rise, not reverse it.Held
  • Cost now of £100 of the overall CPI basket in January 2021: £131.74 (Aug 2026)
  • Rise in the CPI price level since January 2021: 31.7% (Aug 2026)
  • CPI annual rate, latest month: 3.1% (Aug 2026)
  • CPI annual rate, previous month: 2.9% (Jul 2026)
  • Illustrative £100 basket one year later: £103.10 (Aug 2026)
  • The image’s headline leads with the fall from the inflation peak; the page now leads with the price level since January 2021. The summary above is current.
/economyAverage pay buys just 5% more than before the financial crash.Current
  • Real average weekly total pay, 2007 (2015 prices): £505 (2007)
  • Real average weekly total pay, 2025 (2015 prices): £528 (2025)
  • Change in real average weekly pay, 2007 to 2025: +4.6% (2007 to 2025)
  • Real average weekly total pay, 2000 (2015 prices): £427 (2000)
  • Change in real average weekly pay, 2000 to 2025: +23.7% (2000 to 2025)
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/education/sendMore than half of new special-needs plans miss the legal deadline.Current
  • Children and young people with an EHC plan: 718,838 (Jan 2026)
  • New EHC plans issued within 20 weeks (excluding exceptions): 46.1% (2025)
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/immigrationNet migration nearly halved in a year. What has that changed?Current
  • Long-term immigration: 813,000 (YE Dec 2025)
  • Long-term emigration: 642,000 (YE Dec 2025)
  • Net migration: 171,000 (YE Dec 2025)
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/energyThe same energy use now costs 76% more than in 2021, before inflation.Current
  • Ofgem price cap, typical dual-fuel direct-debit annual bill: £1,723 (Oct–Dec 2026)
  • Ofgem price cap at matched typical use, April–September 2021: £979 (Apr–Sep 2021)
  • Ofgem price cap at matched typical use, latest period: £1,723 (Oct–Dec 2026)
  • Cash rise in the typical-use cap since April–September 2021 (same consumption): 76% (Oct–Dec 2026)
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/public-finances£109bn on debt interest. What room is left for Britain’s priorities?Held
  • Central government debt interest, net of APF: £108.9bn (2025-26)
  • Debt interest as a share of public sector current receipts: 8.8% (2025-26)
  • Public sector net borrowing: £134.3bn (2025-26)
  • Public sector net debt excluding public sector banks, % of GDP: 93.3% (2025-26)
  • Prints £109.3bn; the current record is £108.9bn for 2025-26 (Central government debt interest, net of APF)
  • Prints 93.8%; the current record is 93.3% for 2025-26 (Public sector net debt excluding public sector banks, % of GDP)
  • The image prints £109.3bn debt interest from the August OBR databank; the September release revises it to £108.9bn, and the 93.8% net debt figure (end of August) is a different period from this page’s 93.3% (end of 2025–26).
/follow-the-money£1.37 trillion spent. What can Britain change?Current
  • Public sector current receipts: £1,231bn (2025-26)
  • Total managed expenditure: £1,366bn (2025-26)
  • UK tax gap: £59.2bn (2024–25)
  • Tax gap as a share of theoretical liabilities: 6.4% (2024–25)
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/educationStrong English and maths GCSE passes: one in four disadvantaged pupils, half of other pupils.Held
  • KS2 disadvantage threshold gap: 22 points (2024-25)
  • KS4 disadvantage threshold gap (grade 5+ English and maths): 27.3 points (2024-25)
  • The age-11 figures in the image (47% against 69%) are from 2024/25; DfE’s provisional 2025/26 figures (49% against 70%) are newer. The gap is 22 points in both.
/inequalityEngland’s most deprived areas face about 20 fewer years in good health.Current
  • Men, most deprived decile: 49.8 years (2022 to 2024)
  • Men, least deprived decile: 69.2 years (2022 to 2024)
  • Women, most deprived decile: 48.2 years (2022 to 2024)
  • Women, least deprived decile: 68.5 years (2022 to 2024)
  • Endpoint gap, men (least − most deprived decile): 19.4 years (2022 to 2024)
  • Endpoint gap, women (least − most deprived decile): 20.3 years (2022 to 2024)
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/benefitsMost welfare spending goes to pensioners.Held
  • Pensioners’ share of Great Britain welfare spending: 54% (2024–25)
  • People on Universal Credit in employment: 3.1m (April 2026)
  • Share of Universal Credit claimants in employment: 37.7% (April 2026)
  • Prints 2.7 MILLION; the current record is 3.1m for April 2026 (People on Universal Credit in employment)
  • Prints 32%; the current record is 37.7% for April 2026 (Share of Universal Credit claimants in employment)
  • The image shows 2.7 million (32%) in work in December 2025. DWP’s newer release gives 3.1 million (37.7%) in April 2026 on a wider definition that includes self-employment.
/pensionsMore pensioners — and a growing working-age population too.Held
  • People above State Pension age, 2022: 12.0m (2022)
  • People above State Pension age, 2047 (projected): 15.1m (2047)
  • Working-age population, 2022: 43.2m (2022)
  • Working-age population, 2047 (projected): 49.9m (2047)
  • People above State Pension age per 1,000 working age, 2022: 278 (2022)
  • People above State Pension age per 1,000 working age, 2047 (projected): 302 (2047)
  • The image uses ONS’s 2022-based projection. ONS published 2024-based projections on 28 April 2026, which show slower working-age growth; the page and image both need updating to them.
/defenceCould Britain’s Armed Forces fight and sustain a major conflict?Held
  • MOD expenditure in real terms, 2010–11 (2024–25 prices): £57.1bn (2010–11)
  • MOD expenditure in real terms, 2024–25 (2024–25 prices): £60.2bn (2024–25)
  • UK regular forces, 2010: 191,710 (2010)
  • UK regular forces, 2026: 137,966 (2026)
  • Fall in UK regular forces since 2010: 28% smaller (2026)
  • MOD major programmes rated Red: 16 (2025–26)
  • MOD major programmes with a published delivery-confidence rating: 39 (2025–26)
  • MOD major programmes in the portfolio: 44 (2025–26)
  • Share of rated MOD major programmes rated Red: 41% (2025–26)
  • The image prints “16 of 44” on a donut of all 44 programmes; the page’s measure is 16 of 39 rated programmes (five ratings withheld), alongside real spending and regular-force numbers. A re-export (defence v2) is needed before the image is current again.
/monarchyThe Sovereign Grant was £132m in 2025–26. The full public cost is not published.Current
  • Sovereign Grant: £132.1m (2025–26)
  • Sovereign Grant allocated to the occupied royal palaces (Reservicing and property maintenance): £67.5m (2025–26)
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/brexitThe OBR’s 4% compares two futures — it is not an observed fall.Current
  • OBR assumption: long-run productivity relative to remaining in the EU: 4% lower (Long run (about 15 years from 2016))
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/mediaMeta reaches more UK news users than all newspapers combined.Held
  • Meta (Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Threads): 51% (Nov 2025–Mar 2026)
  • Newspapers, in print or online: 44% (Nov 2025–Mar 2026)
  • BBC (reach through its own services): 77% (Nov 2025–Mar 2026)
  • Prints 67%; the current record is 77% for Nov 2025–Mar 2026 (BBC (reach through its own services))
  • Prints 39%; the current record is 51% for Nov 2025–Mar 2026 (Meta (Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Threads))
  • Prints 60%; the current record is 73% for Nov 2025–Mar 2026 (Any online intermediary (social media, search, aggregators, AI tools))
  • The image uses Ofcom’s 2025 news consumption figures; Ofcom published its 2026 report on 15 September 2026, on a basis that is not directly comparable.
/innovation£79bn on research. Spending is only the beginning.Current
  • UK gross domestic expenditure on R&D: £79.4bn (2024)
  • R&D as a share of GDP: 2.71% (2024)
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/ai-resilienceBritain is adopting AI. Two US giants dominate its cloud market.Current
  • UK businesses with ten or more employees using AI: 34.9% (June 2026)
  • In-scope AI companies identified in the UK: 5,862 (2024 study)
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/politics/electoral-systemLabour won a third of the vote—and nearly two-thirds of the seats.Current
  • Labour share of the UK vote: 33.7% (4 July 2024)
  • Labour seats won: 411 (4 July 2024)
  • House of Commons seats: 650 (4 July 2024)
  • Labour share of Commons seats: 63.2% (4 July 2024)
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/politics/donationsOne donor supplied 64% of Reform’s reported private donations in 2025.Held
  • Share of Reform UK’s reported private donations from its largest single donor: 64% (Calendar year 2025)
  • Share of private donations received by the four largest recipients: 94% (Calendar year 2025)
  • Reported private donations to all registered parties: £50.0m (Calendar year 2025)
  • Public funds reported in the same returns (Short, Cranborne, policy development grants): £15.3m (Calendar year 2025)
  • No registry record “donations.top10.share” — the figure is not reproduced in the site’s data
  • No registry record “donations.top10.total” — the figure is not reproduced in the site’s data
  • No registry record “donations.private.total” — the figure is not reproduced in the site’s data
  • The 21.9% is not reproduced in the site’s current data, a newer Electoral Commission export gives about 21.7%, and one donor appears twice under two name spellings in the top ten.
/governmentHalf the government’s tracked pledges still lack a costed timetable.Held
  • Commitments tracked: 12 (Since 20 July 2026)
  • Commitments with a dated, costed delivery plan: 6 (Since 20 July 2026)
  • Commitments without a dated, costed delivery plan: 6 (Since 20 July 2026)
  • Commitments with the rule or policy in force: 1 (Since 20 July 2026)
  • Prints TWO … A DATE AND FUNDING; the current record is 6 for Since 20 July 2026 (Commitments with a dated, costed delivery plan)
  • The image uses an earlier four-way classification of the tracked pledges that the current tracker no longer uses.
/manifestoLabour’s housing and growth pledges are off track, our tracker finds.Current
  • Selected pledges graded off track: 3 (Assessed Oct 2026)
  • Selected 2024 Labour pledges tracked: 11 (Assessed Oct 2026)
  • Homes pledged this Parliament (England): 1.5 million (This Parliament)
  • Simple annual equivalent of the pledge: 300,000 a year (This Parliament)
  • Net additional dwellings, England: 208,600 (2024-25)
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/growing-the-economyBritain invests the smallest share of GDP in the G7.Held
  • UK gross fixed capital formation, % of GDP (World Bank): 18.7% (2024)
  • Median of the other six G7 economies, GFCF % of GDP (World Bank): 21.8% (2024)
  • Business and public investment (GFCF) as a share of GDP, current prices: 19.0% (2026 Q2)
  • Industrial electricity price, UK: 25.1p/kWh (2025 H2)
  • Industrial electricity price, France: 10.6p/kWh (2025 H2)
  • Industrial electricity price, Germany: 16.7p/kWh (2025 H2)
  • Prints 18.9%; the current record is 19.0% for 2026 Q2 (Business and public investment (GFCF) as a share of GDP, current prices)
  • The image prints 18.9% investment for 2026 Q1; ONS published 19.0% for Q2 on 30 September 2026. The electricity prices also need their tax basis (including taxes, excluding VAT) stated.
/hampshireMen’s life expectancy differs by nearly six years across Hampshire.Held
  • Male life expectancy at birth: highest (Hart): 83.7 years (2022–2024)
  • Male life expectancy at birth: lowest (Southampton): 78.0 years (2022–2024)
  • Gap in male life expectancy, highest minus lowest council area: 5.7 years (2022–2024)
  • Employment rate, ages 16–64: lowest (Southampton): 73.3% (Apr 2025-Mar 2026)
  • Employment rate, ages 16–64: highest (Fareham): 87.6% (Apr 2025-Mar 2026)
  • Persistent absence rate: lowest (Hart): 12.7% (2024/25)
  • Persistent absence rate: highest (Southampton): 21.5% (2024/25)
  • Prints 14.4%; the current record is 12.7% for 2024/25 (Persistent absence rate: lowest (Hart))
  • Prints 23.4%; the current record is 21.5% for 2024/25 (Persistent absence rate: highest (Southampton))
  • The school absence range in the image (14.4% to 23.4%, 2023/24) is superseded by DfE’s 2024/25 figures (12.7% Hart to 21.5% Southampton).
/revenue-opportunityA big number is not a costed revenue plan.Editorial explainerEditorial — no statistic—
/public-procurementAnnouncing a rule is not delivering a better service.Editorial explainerEditorial — no statistic—

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/politics/partiesSeven party profiles. One standard of evidence.Editorial explainerEditorial — no statistic—
/politics/pollingA poll is a snapshot. A small move may be noise.Editorial explainerEditorial — no statistic—
/policy-impactNo credible scenario without its assumptions.Editorial explainerEditorial — no statistic—
/swotSkilled people, investment, delivery: the three shortages holding Britain back.HeldEditorial — no statistic
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