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Scots face mortgage payment hikes as interest rates rise again

The Scottish Greens have said that the interest rate increase will be "a devastating blow" to families across Scotland.

Daily Record · Feb 2, 2023

Shell profits branded 'sickening' as energy giant rakes in £68 billion in single year

Opposition parties have warned the UK Government's windfall tax does not go far enough.

Daily Record · Feb 2, 2023

Rishi Sunak is 'too weak to stand up for British people' over energy bills

Rishi Sunak is facing mounting pressure to do more to help families with the cost of living after it was revealed today that energy giant Shell made its highest profits in more than 100 years

Wales Online · Feb 2, 2023

Revealed: MPs earn £17.1m on top of their salaries since last election

Data shows Tory politicians made an extra £15.2m, while Labour MPs earned £1.2m in additional income

Evening Standard · Jan 8, 2023

10 election target seats where Lib Dems could topple Tories in 'Surrey shuffle'

Insiders in Sir Ed Davey's party believe they have identified a phenomenon where Labour-supporting voters moving out of London to the shires and suburbs switch to the Lib Dems

Daily Mirror · Jan 8, 2023

Rishi Sunak pledges to slash inflation as Tory Prime Minister tries to win over critics

The SNP dismissed Sunak's speech and claimed it was an "an advert for why Scotland needs independence."

Daily Record · Jan 4, 2023

Patients ‘resorting to DIY medicine’ due to lack of GP appointments, survey finds

The BMA called the results 'worrying'

Manchester Evening News · Jan 2, 2023

Patients ‘resorting to DIY medicine’ due to lack of GP appointments

A poll commissioned by the Lib Dems found one in four adults had tried and failed to get a face-to-face consultation with a doctor in the last year.

The Independent UK · Jan 2, 2023

Lack of face-to-face GP appointments 'turning patients into DIY doctors'

The Lib Dems made the claim as a study found how sick people are diagnosing and treating their own illnesses after giving up on trying to secure a slot with their family doctor

Daily Mirror · Jan 2, 2023

Rishi Sunak's stealth tax to cost an average-earning couple £8,000 in a decade

Two 'median earners' on £33k will be £8,000 worse off by 2031 compared to if income tax thresholds had risen by inflation - meaning nurses and teachers are badly hit by Rishi Sunak's policy

Daily Mirror · Dec 27, 2022