Open data
Everything on this site is free to reuse under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence (CC BY 4.0). The files below update live. Please credit Factcheck Ledger and link to the receipt for any figure you use.
| File | What it holds |
|---|---|
| facts.json | Every figure: value, period, source and receipt |
| facts.csv | The same, as a spreadsheet |
| changes.json | Every change to every figure, with the reason |
| changes.csv | The same, as a spreadsheet |
| receipts.json | Every archived source with its SHA-256 fingerprint |
| subjects.json | Every subject and its current text |
| promises.json | Every tracked pledge and its figures |
Full official series
Every value of each key figure since records began, read from the publisher and refreshed every six hours. The figures are the publishers' own, under their licences (the Open Government Licence for the ONS).
| Series | Publisher | Download |
|---|---|---|
| UK average weekly earnings growth | Office for National Statistics (ONS) | CSV |
| Bank of England Bank Rate | Bank of England | CSV |
| UK economic inactivity rate | Office for National Statistics (ONS) | CSV |
| UK employment rate | Office for National Statistics (ONS) | CSV |
| UK GDP growth (quarterly) | Office for National Statistics (ONS) | CSV |
| UK GDP per head | Office for National Statistics (ONS) | CSV |
| UK inflation rate (CPI) | Office for National Statistics (ONS) | CSV |
| UK CPIH inflation rate | Office for National Statistics (ONS) | CSV |
| UK population | Office for National Statistics (ONS), with National Records of Scotland and NISRA | CSV |
| UK public sector net borrowing | Office for National Statistics (ONS) | CSV |
| UK public sector net debt | Office for National Statistics (ONS) | CSV |
| UK real pay growth | Office for National Statistics (ONS) | CSV |
| UK RPI inflation rate | Office for National Statistics (ONS) | CSV |
| UK unemployment rate | Office for National Statistics (ONS) | CSV |
| Average weekly hours worked in the UK | Office for National Statistics (ONS) | CSV |
| UK consumer credit growth | Bank of England | CSV |
| UK core inflation rate (CPI) | Office for National Statistics (ONS) | CSV |
| UK current account balance | Office for National Statistics (ONS) | CSV |
| UK central government debt interest | Office for National Statistics (ONS) | CSV |
| UK food price inflation | Office for National Statistics (ONS) | CSV |
| UK 10-year gilt yield | Bank of England | CSV |
| UK household saving ratio | Office for National Statistics (ONS) | CSV |
| UK job vacancies | Office for National Statistics (ONS) | CSV |
| UK labour productivity (output per hour) | Office for National Statistics (ONS) | CSV |
| UK monthly GDP growth | Office for National Statistics (ONS) | CSV |
| Mortgage approvals for house purchase | Bank of England | CSV |
| Average quoted 2-year fixed mortgage rate | Bank of England | CSV |
| NHS employment (UK) | Office for National Statistics (ONS) | CSV |
| UK real household disposable income per head | Office for National Statistics (ONS) | CSV |
| UK redundancy rate | Office for National Statistics (ONS) | CSV |
| Retail sales volume growth (Great Britain) | Office for National Statistics (ONS) | CSV |
| Number of self-employed people in the UK | Office for National Statistics (ONS) | CSV |
| UK services inflation (CPI) | Office for National Statistics (ONS) | CSV |
| Pound to US dollar exchange rate | Bank of England | CSV |
| UK trade balance (goods and services) | Office for National Statistics (ONS) | CSV |
There is also an Atom feed of new subjects and figure changes, and a JSON feed of release days.
Questions
Can I reuse the data on Factcheck Ledger?
Yes, everything is free to reuse. Please credit Factcheck Ledger and link to the receipt for any figure you use. The underlying official data is usually under the Open Government Licence.
What formats is the data in?
JSON and CSV files of every figure, every change and every receipt, updated live, plus an Atom feed of new subjects and figure changes.