Business groups call on Government to deliver energy relief clarity The Federation of Small Businesses has branded the Government a 'Grinch' for sowing uncertainty among firms before Christmas Birmingham Post · Dec 20, 2022
Miriam Margoyles' biggest controversies including her 'run in' with the late Queen and wishing Boris Johnson dead The actress, who hosts new Channel 4 special Miriam's Dickensian Christmas, has previously come under fire for comments about former Prime Minister Boris Johnson and current Chancellor Jeremy Hunt Wales Online · Dec 20, 2022
Freeze on alcohol duty to be extended to help UK hospitality industry No increases until August 2023 despite Jeremy Hunt’s first full budget being scheduled for 15 March The Guardian - UK · Dec 19, 2022
Alcohol duty rise on price of beer, wine and spirits delayed until August Alcohol duty rises had been due to come into force in February, putting 38p on a bottle of wine - but today the Treasury is expected to confirm it will put the plans on ice Daily Mirror · Dec 19, 2022
Spring budget date set for March 15 The Chancellor on Monday commissioned an Office for Budget Responsibility forecast, which will be presented alongside the budget. The Independent UK · Dec 19, 2022
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt confirms spring Budget date Office for Budget Responsibility asked to prepare a forecast Wales Online · Dec 19, 2022
Spring Budget date announced as Jeremy Hunt to give statement on March 15 Chancellor Jeremy Hunt will give his Spring Budget on March 15, spelling out further the direction for the economy after he spelt out years of spending cuts in his Autumn Statement Daily Mirror · Dec 19, 2022
The Guardian view on City reforms: banks need more regulation, not less Editorial: Britain’s departure from the EU should have led to a rethink of the country’s stagnant economic model. Instead ministers want to entrench it The Guardian - UK · Dec 18, 2022
Martin Lewis warns of ‘huge payment shock’ coming for mortgage holders TV money-saving expert says he has met with Jeremy Hunt to express concern and discuss solutions The Independent UK · Dec 18, 2022
Is Jeremy Hunt about to reduce energy bill support for businesses? Chancellor to announce extension of the scheme, a lifeline for energy-intensive firms, but may make it less generous The Guardian - UK · Dec 18, 2022
Sunak and Hunt face a rerun of the 70s’ winter of discontent. It didn’t end well then Ted Heath and Jim Callaghan paid a big price for taking on the trade unions, and once again voters are blaming the politicians The Guardian - UK · Dec 18, 2022
It’s not pay claims that are driving up prices in Britain. It’s profits Whatever the chancellor and the Bank may suggest, wage settlements are still running behind the rate of inflation The Guardian - UK · Dec 17, 2022
Martin Lewis warns of ‘huge payment shock’ coming for mortgage holders TV money-saving expert says he has met with Jeremy Hunt to express concern and discuss solutions The Independent UK · Dec 17, 2022
Rishi Sunak’s £150bn ‘stealth tax raid’ will cost families £5,000 each Exclusive: Labour analysis of OBR forecasts reveals staggering cost of tax squeeze until 2028 The Independent UK · Dec 17, 2022
The Independent UK · Dec 16, 2022 How are PIP rates changing in 2023? DWP’s Personal Independence Payments to rise by 10.1 per cent from next April to help recipients weather the ever-worsening cost of living crisis
Evening Standard · Dec 16, 2022 One hundred swans and geese dead as bird flu rages in London’s parks His Majesty’s Warden of the Swans called it “unprecedented”
The Guardian - UK · Dec 15, 2022 Our healthcare was never safe in Tory hands Letters: Prof Paul Gilbert and Marcia Saunders respond to the King’s Fund report which found that a ‘decade of neglect’ has led to the NHS being unable to deal with backlogs
The Guardian - UK · Dec 15, 2022 Health expert Jeremy Hunt knew how to fix social care. Why is chancellor Jeremy Hunt not doing so? As chair of the health select committee he wrote a bold and sensible report. He now seems to have forgotten what was in it, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
Daily Mirror · Dec 14, 2022 All you need to know about nurses' strikes - from reasons, to salary negotiations In the summer, the Government announced that NHS staff in England would get a rise of £1,400 for all pay bands... but unions argued it was effectively a pay cut due to inflation
Wales Online · Dec 14, 2022 Millions to get £815 a month as DWP confirms state pension rates for 2023 The triple lock will be retained meaning millions of pensioners will see their payments go up
The Independent UK · Dec 14, 2022 Midwives’ leader asks to meet Health Secretary to stem ‘multiple challenges’ Call comes a day after a ballot for industrial action among midwives and maternity support workers in England fell just short of legal turnout.
Daily Mirror · Dec 14, 2022 Jeremy Hunt refuses to rule out BANNING nurses from going on strike in new crackdown Tory Chancellor Jeremy Hunt twice refused to deny a complete ban on nurses going on strike - as they prepare to begin their first walkout of its kind in a century tomorrow
The Guardian - UK · Dec 14, 2022 UK inflation eases slightly to 10.7%, but cost of living crisis grinds on – as it happened Inflation falls back from 41-year high as motor fuels price rises slow, but costs rise faster in restaurants, hotels, cafes and pubs.
The Independent UK · Dec 14, 2022 UK inflation eases slightly to 10.7% ahead of Christmas Jeremy Hunt says rising costs are still ‘number one enemy’
Evening Standard · Dec 14, 2022 Inflation eases slightly to 10.7% as price rises slow The bigger than expected fall could slow the pace of interest rate hikes