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The Latest Breaking News from Jeremy Hunt

Reduced energy support scheme for businesses to be announced

The Treasury is due to announce a new package of support today in the House of Commons

Liverpool Echo

Energy bill support for UK businesses to be cut by Jeremy Hunt

New scheme for companies, charities and public sector organisations to offer discount on wholesale prices

The Guardian - UK

Scaled-back energy bill relief scheme for businesses set to be announced today

The revised scheme replaces the Energy Bill Relief Scheme (EBRG) is expected to offer help with bills for a further year, until March 2024.

Birmingham Post

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UK manufacturers fear blackouts and job losses after energy subsidy cut

Impact of reduced state support with company power bills could prompt job cuts, warns industry body

The Guardian - UK

No matter their differences, Starmer and Sunak face the same obstacle

Whether it’s Labour plan for renewal or the Tory path to recovery, both remain hostage to circumstance in 2023

The Guardian - UK

British firms set to feel chill as Jeremy Hunt cuts energy bill relief

This week the chancellor performs his latest Scrooge act with a revamp of the energy bill relief scheme – and the signs aren’t good

The Guardian - UK

DWP could make decision on raising State Pension age to 68 this year

In his Autumn statement, chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced there would be a review into the current age which would consider whether to quicken the already planned increases.

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Rishi Sunak and 15 ministers at risk of losing seat at general election, new poll predicts

Research also suggests Labour’s mammoth lead over the Tories could be more fragile than previously thought

The Independent UK

Manchester's bars and restaurants spend thousands on energy bills and fear a government U-turn could make things worse

The government is reportedly planning to halve the amount given to businesses

Manchester Evening News

Ministers could help the patients dying in NHS hospital corridors right now – they just choose not to

Be under no illusion: the hundreds of avoidable deaths in the NHS every week are the result of political decisions, says palliative care doctor Rachel Clarke

The Guardian - UK

Miriam Margolyes says she was ‘shaking all the way home’ from upset after Jeremy Hunt Radio 4 gaffe

‘I gave myself a lot of stick,’ said actor

The Independent UK

Some council tax discounts which could slash bill to zero

It was announced in Chancellor Jeremy Hunt's Autumn Statement that local councils across England and Wales could increase council tax by 5 per cent without needing a referendum.

Nottingham Post

Cost to Treasury of subsidising home energy bills falls by £5bn, experts say

Drop in wholesale gas prices means the cost to the government of the energy price guarantee will be reduced

The Guardian - UK

DWP Cost of Living payment changes for 2023 including Universal Credit and energy discounts

Millions of households across the UK are facing increasing costs with the likes of energy and shopping bills rising. And to help, people are being issued payments to ease any strain.

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Birmingham Post

Latest on future of energy support scheme as Chancellor meets business groups

There is concern that ongoing support will be reduced from April but it could be available to all businesses, not just the most vulnerable

Wales Online

People will get £900 cost of living support in three instalments this year

The UK government has said when the payments will be made and who will receive them

Daily Mirror

Britain faces the worst recession among G7 partners, economists predict

A bleak survey of over 100 leading UK-based economists suggests high inflation could linger for longer than other countries as Brits face a huge squeeze in household incomes

Manchester Evening News

11 DWP Cost of Living changes for 2023 including payments, Universal Credit, ESA, and JSA

Financial situations may change dramatically across the country throughout 2023

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Wales Online

The cost of living payments coming in 2023 and 2024 worth up to £1,350

The money is on top of the roughly £60 a month people are getting towards their energy bills

The Independent UK

The PIP changes in 2023 you need to know

DWP’s Personal Independence Payments to rise by 10.1 per cent from April to help recipients weather the ever-worsening cost of living crisis

The Independent UK

Cost of living payments for 2023 will leave families ‘worse off’, say campaigners

£900 support won’t be enough, says End Fuel Poverty Coalition as government sets out payment schedule

Daily Mirror

DWP cost-of-living payment dates announced as millions get £900 - but only by 2024

The payments, which will go to people claiming Universal Credit, Pension Credit and tax credits, begin in the spring and will go directly to bank accounts in three £300 cash boosts.

Nottingham Post

Affordable housing call as uncertainty continues for Nottinghamshire's high streets

An East Midlands expert says that business confidence has improved, but that some uncertainties remain going into the new year.

The Guardian - UK

NHS unions say plans for 2% pay rise next year could mean more strikes

Ministers have asked NHS pay review body to cap increase for 2023-24, below predictions for inflation

Manchester Evening News

The year of three prime ministers - how Britain went from Boris to budget bedlam then back to billionaire Rishi

A look back at a turbulent year in UK politics

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