NHS funding faces biggest real-terms cuts since 1970s, warns IFS Health spending in England to suffer 1.2% cut, worth £2bn, despite extra costs, thinktank’s analysis finds The Guardian - UK · Mar 4, 2024
The Guardian view on Treasury fiscal rules: no way to run a country Editorial: Instead of sticking to arbitrary limits, politicians should be able to make the case for spending on urgent social repair The Guardian - UK · Mar 4, 2024
OPINION - Jeremy Hunt can learn more from London Fashion Week than style tips Last month we celebrated the 40th anniversary of London Fashion Week. With a technical recession just declared, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt may have had other things on his mind — but he should take notice, and not just for style tips. Evening Standard · Mar 4, 2024
‘Heartbreaking’: the nursery forced to close over Hunt’s free childcare policy Critics say the surprise policy in last spring budget’s was ill-thought-out, prompting higher prices and fewer nurseries The Guardian - UK · Mar 4, 2024
OPINION - Record-low Tory poll explains why there (probably) won't be a May election Cast your mind back – if you can – to September 1978. Jim Callaghan announced he would not call an early election (which he might have won), Pope John Paul I died after 33 days of papacy and the Commodores were number one with their hit, 'Three Times A Lady". Evening Standard · Mar 4, 2024
Nursery leaders call for more funding amid fears 'biggest expansion of childcare in a generation' will fail Free childcare plan ‘not even close to being workable’ early years leaders warn Evening Standard · Mar 4, 2024
Courts at 'boiling point' says top barrister in plea for justice funding in Budget Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is annoucing the spring Budget on Wednesday Evening Standard · Mar 4, 2024
UK Awaits Voter-friendly Budget Before Election Britain's Conservative government unveils a pre-election budget Wednesday that could feature voter-friendly measures as Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's party badly trails main opposition Labour in polls. International Business Times · Mar 4, 2024
Sunak suffers defeats in House of Lords over Rwanda bill – as it happened Prime minister suffers defeats in House of Lords over Rwanda bill. This live blog is closed The Guardian - UK · Mar 4, 2024
Apple vows to appeal against €1.84bn EU fine in music streaming case – as it happened Apple shares drop after it is penalised following investigation into allegations it obstructed music-streaming rivals The Guardian - UK · Mar 4, 2024
Monday briefing: The obstacles still in the way of an Israel-Hamas peace deal In today’s newsletter: As aid runs out in Gaza, and hundreds more die, a ceasefire before Ramadan begins is seen as essential by the international community The Guardian - UK · Mar 4, 2024
Budget plans risk ‘second lost decade’ of living standards, Jeremy Hunt told Exclusive: Joseph Rowntree Foundation finds widening gulf between demand for tax cuts and reality for millions struggling The Guardian - UK · Mar 4, 2024
Jeremy Hunt has given over £100,000 to local Tory party in bid to retain seat Exclusive: Records show extent of chancellor’s donations since 2019 as polling suggests he is on course to lose at general election The Guardian - UK · Mar 3, 2024
For years, the Tories said austerity was over. But look around: it’s getting worse, and there’s more to come This week’s budget is certain to bring more cuts. Westminster is missing the stark fact that people simply cannot take any more, says Guardian columnist John Harris The Guardian - UK · Mar 3, 2024
The Guardian - UK · Mar 3, 2024 Jeremy Hunt will try to talk a long game while scrambling to fund pre-election tax cuts The chancellor should stress tax cuts are neither affordable nor a priority to UK voters
The Guardian - UK · Mar 3, 2024 Abolishing non-dom tax status would be humiliation for Tories, says Phillipson Chancellor understood to be considering move towards headline Labour policy in this week’s budget
The Guardian - UK · Mar 3, 2024 The budget: what Jeremy Hunt needs to do – and the pitfalls he must avoid Financial experts give their advice on the best course of action for the chancellor to take on Wednesday
The Guardian - UK · Mar 3, 2024 Jeremy Hunt’s seat under threat as voters put NHS ahead of tax perks A survey in the chancellor’s new Godalming and Ash constituency has prioritised health over Treasury cuts in Wednesday’s budget
The Guardian - UK · Mar 3, 2024 Jeremy Hunt knows Brexit Britain can’t afford to cut taxes The chancellor is prepared to inflict yet more austerity to pay for a budget bribe. But the UK needs more spending, not less
The Guardian - UK · Mar 3, 2024 The Observer view on the budget: Jeremy Hunt is planning to steal from our long-term future By taking money to fund tax cuts, the chancellor’s policy will be as disastrous as that of his predecessors
The Guardian - UK · Mar 2, 2024 Tax and spending cuts will backfire, economists warn Jeremy Hunt Former Treasury aides say the chancellor is courting danger on UK debt and that fiscal rules must go
The Guardian - UK · Mar 2, 2024 Toxic budgets: the UK chancellors who left a poisonous legacy Before an election, chancellors often try to woo voters with tax cuts that leave the incoming government in a hole. Here are six ‘poison pill’ speeches
The Guardian - UK · Mar 2, 2024 The Conservatives’ economic record since 2010 in 10 charts From a huge budget deficit to weak GDP and a record rise in tax, we look at the background to the Tory budget
Evening Standard · Mar 1, 2024 Indian billionaire Shamsheer Vayalil snaps up £31 million Holland Park mansion It’s been a tough year for those trying to get on the housing ladder. Mortgage rates have been at their highest in over a decade, adding tens of thousands to the cost of a new home. But things are still peachy at the top end of the market. In one small corner…
The Guardian - UK · Mar 1, 2024 Sunak hints at further national insurance cuts in spring budget Government wants to make life easier for working people, he says at Scottish Tory conference