"Claim: There's not much manufacturing. If you look at the UK, about 25 years ago no, about 1995 I think it was about 25% of our GDP was manufacturing, and Germany was about the same, 25%. So we're going back what, 30 years? Today Germany's still up there, 20-21% of its GDP is manufacturing, in the UK it's down at about 8%. So manufacturing's collapsed in the UK."
"Comparing data from the World Bank, manufacturing accounted for 15% of GDP in the UK and 20% of GDP in Germany in 1995. The proportion has fallen over time in the UK, reaching 8% in 2024. Meanwhile, it has fallen slightly to 18% in Germany. The broader industry sector which covers the manufacturing, mining, construction, electricity, water and gas industries accounted for 24.5% of GDP in the UK and 29.3% in Germany in 1995."
"Claim: You can't have an economy with nine million people on benefits. The most recent Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) figures show there were 8.4 million people in Great Britain claiming Universal Credit (UC) as of December 2025. Separate figures from the Department for Communities show a further 233,170 people were claiming UC in Northern Ireland in August 2025. The combined total, although the Northern Irish figures are older, is a little more than 8.6 million claimants."
Manufacturing's share of UK GDP fell from about 15% in 1995 to 8% in 2024, while Germany's share moved from about 20% to 18% over the same period (World Bank data). The broader industry sector accounted for 24.5% of UK GDP and 29.3% of German GDP in 1995, declining to 17.1% and 25.6% respectively by 2024. Universal Credit claimant counts totalled 8.4 million in Great Britain as of December 2025, with an additional 233,170 claimants in Northern Ireland from August 2025, giving roughly 8.6 million claimants overall. The UK population was estimated at 66.7 million in mid-2020 and rose to 69.5 million by mid-2025, an increase of about 2.7 million.
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