UK Facts · Watch and understand

The headlines affect your life. Get the story behind them.

Start with State of the Nation, pick a subject, then explore what could change. Every film has captions, a transcript and its evidence.

Figures retain their dates and geographic coverage. AI narration uses a range of regional voices. Commentary and proposals are distinguished from measured facts; a film is not an independent assurance report.

2:31

Your life isn’t split into government departments

A connected State of the Nation: real published experiences, long-run price and pay changes, health, opportunity, public feelings and the full film series.

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2:20

An announcement doesn’t pay your rent

What government has committed to, what delivery means for real people, and how to judge joined-up responses, costs and results.

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1:49

Waiting for treatment can put the rest of life on hold

A documented patient experience, the treatment backlog, thirty years of NHS satisfaction and the connection between health and work.

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1:58

Migration fell. Why is the debate still so heated?

Thirty years of migration evidence with the counting changes visible, public priorities and the published story of a refugee doctor.

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2:08

Pay rose. Why is getting ahead still so hard?

Thirty years of pay and price comparisons, the recent shock, G7 productivity and the consequences of losing an income.

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1:42

You pay for promises. Who checks delivery?

Thirty years of public trust, the Horizon inquiry as a documented accountability case and a practical test of political delivery.

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1:42

Less violence. More fraud. Why don’t we feel safer?

Thirty years of surveyed victim risk, changing crime types, public fear and a published £7,000 scam case.

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1:45

Twenty healthy years apart. How does that happen?

A documented loss of work, thirty years of poverty evidence, unequal healthy lives and current surveys of going without essentials.

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1:46

Same dream. More than twice the price-to-pay gap.

A near-thirty-year affordability chart, a real family’s account of temporary accommodation and the links to school, health and household costs.

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1:50

School years don’t wait for paperwork

A real Ombudsman case, delayed support, attendance, parent confidence and careful G7 comparisons of student scores.

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1:10

The unequal squeeze

Earlier UK Facts film: how living costs hit households differently, with official data and separately labelled survey evidence.

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1:30

The Budget without the jargon

Earlier UK Facts film: announced help, tax changes, dates and Treasury estimates explained in everyday language.

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1:33

Check out my buns: what productivity means

A made-up bakery shows what output per hour is, and why producing more does not guarantee higher pay or profit.

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2:52

Britain produces more. Why don’t we feel richer?

Thirty years of UK productivity: the slowdown after 2008, the G7, the nations and regions, and why output per hour is not a payslip.

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1:31

Britain's national debt has passed £3 trillion. What does that mean for you?

Deficit, debt and interest explained: who lends to the government, why interest matters, what the forecaster expects and the choices that follow.

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