The Latest Breaking News from Dame Meg Hillier

Graduates could get student loan relief as Treasury reviews repayment freeze

Ministers have also agreed to explicitly clarify that loan conditions can be altered by future administrations

The Independent UK · Sep 12

Failure of assisted dying Bill ‘bitter disappointment and lets down terminally ill’

The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill is expected to fall on Friday in its last scheduled debate before the end of this parliamentary session.

Evening Standard · Apr 19

Lloyds faces questions over ‘troubling’ banking app glitch that showed other users’ transactions

One customer said she was able to see the transactions of six different users over a 20-minute period

The Independent UK · Mar 17

Reeves to tax online gambling associated with ‘highest levels of harm’

Rachel Reeves has announced steep increases in online gambling tax associated with the "highest levels of harm" across the sector. Remote gaming duty will increase from 21% to 40%, while levies on online betting will rise from 15% to 25%. The Chancellor said she was reforming gambling taxes in response…

The Independent UK · Nov 26, 2025

Reeves warned she must end child benefit cap altogether or face rise in poverty

A report by the Resolution Foundation will fuel demands from Labour MPs for the chancellor to find another £3.5bn to tackle end the two child benefit cap

The Independent UK · Oct 30, 2025

Do not cut cash Isa allowance in the Budget, senior MPs warn Reeves

It is ‘not the right time’ to cut the tax-free limit, a senior MP warns

The Independent UK · Oct 24, 2025

Government should not cut cash Isa allowance, says Treasury Committee

The MPs said the focus should instead be on improving financial literacy and enhancing access to good investment advice and guidance.

Evening Standard · Oct 24, 2025

Starmer under mounting pressure to lift two-child benefit cap

Lifting the two-child benefit cap is set to be the top recommendation of Keir Starmer’s child poverty taskforce

The Independent UK · Sep 25, 2025

Government needs to do more to reform Lifetime Isas, says MPs

The Government has an opportunity at the Budget to ‘think again on the Lisa,’ according to Treasury Committee chairwoman Dame Meg Hillier

The Independent UK · Sep 10, 2025

Government has not heeded warnings over Lifetime Isa, says Treasury Committee

The Government has an opportunity at the Budget to ‘think again on the Lisa,’ according to Treasury Committee chairwoman Dame Meg Hillier.

Evening Standard · Sep 10, 2025