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Hunt admits ‘groupthink’ led to ‘narrowness of thinking’ over pandemic preparedness

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt said he regretted not challenging ‘groupthink’ in the UK’s preparations while he was health secretary

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak says he feels ‘deep moral responsibility’ to cut inflation

Prime minister to say it is imperative he ‘hold his nerve’ in commitment to half inflation

The Independent UK

Let’s not pretend Labour has found a way to defuse the ‘mortgage timebomb’

Starmer and his party seem to have concluded direct support for homeowners cannot be justified – but it’s smart politics to be seen to take on the banks

The Guardian - UK

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Labour piles pressure on Sunak with plan to prevent ‘mortgage catastrophe’

Shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves says party would force banks to take a range of steps to protect borrowers

The Guardian - UK

Labour would force banks to help struggling borrowers to diffuse ‘mortgage bomb’

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt was accused by his Labour shadow Rachel Reeves of ‘standing by’ as millions struggle.

The Independent UK

'Bank of England is fighting economic firestorm caused by Tory arsonists running country'

In the face of this growing disaster, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has acted like a rabbit transfixed by the headlights of a super truck

Daily Mirror

Tories inflicting 'living nightmare' of rampant inflation and soaring mortgages on UK

With another Bank of England rate hike predicted for today, the Government is accused of being out of ideas and clueless about people’s financial predicament

Daily Mirror

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Jeremy Hunt admits 'one thing' might have slowed Covid - but ministers thought they 'knew best'

The former Health Secretary told the Covid-19 Inquiry that Britain wrongly prepared for flu and mistakenly assumed herd immunity was inevitable

Daily Mirror

Rishi Sunak warned of ‘serious shock’ for mortgage holders as Bank of England poised to raise interest rates

Experts warn 1.4m homeowners will see a fifth of their disposable income wiped out by soaring mortgage rates

The Independent UK

Covid Inquiry: UK could have avoided lockdowns with quarantine, says Hunt

The UK’s first Covid lockdown may have been avoided if the country had put more effort into quarantining at the start of the pandemic, former health secretary Jeremy Hunt has said.

Evening Standard

Flu-based pandemic prep meant herd immunity was seen as ‘inevitable’ – Hunt

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt said he regretted not challenging ‘groupthink’ in the UK’s preparations while he was health secretary.

The Independent UK

Has Rishi Sunak been taking honesty lessons from Boris Johnson?

The speaker had to step in after the PM’s claims about the economy stretched the credulity of at least one member at PMQ

The Guardian - UK

Interest rate hikes could see 1.4million Brits lose 20% of disposable income

The Bank of England is expected to raise the base rate - which influences interest rates lenders charge for mortgages, loans and other types of credit - again tomorrow in an effort to curb inflation

Daily Mirror

UK government debt rises above 100% of GDP for first time since 1961

In blow to Rishi Sunak’s plans to cut taxes before general election, net debt reached £2.6tn at of end of May

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The Independent UK

July dates for DWP cost of living payments, benefits and pensions

Food prices increasing at their fastest rate in almost 45 years, ONS has warned

The Independent UK

June dates for DWP cost of living payments, benefits and pensions

Help available as more than 10m Britons struggling with bills, according to new study

The Independent UK

Watch live as Dowden and Hunt give evidence on pandemic preparation to Covid inquiry

Watch live as Oliver Dowden and Jeremy Hunt give evidence to the UK’s Covid inquiry on Wednesday 21 June.

The Independent UK

Tories face ‘blue wall’ wipeout from mortgage time bomb

Backlash from mortgage holders could see one in three Tories ousted, as Rishi Sunak urged to act

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The Guardian - UK

Bank of England must ‘create recession’ to fight high inflation, Hunt advisor says, as mortgage rates rise again – as it happened

Member of Jeremy Hunt’s economic advisory council says BoE must create “uncertainty and frailty”, after UK headline inflation was unchanged at 8.7% in May

Daily Mirror

'George Osborne is either utterly deluded or a shameless knave'

Rejecting obvious evidence that his spending cuts weakened Britain’s health and social care services before Covid is the self-denial of an arrogant Conservative

The Guardian - UK

Tory MPs split on whether to intervene to help mortgage holders

Figures released on Wednesday expected to confirm UK stuck with highest inflation rate in G7

Evening Standard

What is the difference between core inflation and headline inflation?

Inflation rates are continuing to rise despite the Government’s and Bank of England’s efforts

The Independent UK

Jeremy Hunt calls mortgage crisis summit as experts urge banks to help those struggling

Jeremy Hunt has summoned bosses from Britain’s leading banks to Downing Street to urge them to do more to support customers

Daily Mirror

Martin Lewis says mortgage timebomb has 'exploded' and says Tories were warned

Moneysavingexpert.com founder Martin Lewis said he warned Jeremy Hunt about the threat from rising mortgage rates at a summit in December

The Independent UK

Jeremy Hunt to hold mortgage summit to pile pressure on banks to increase support

The chancellor will call the bosses of major mortgage lenders to Downing Street on Friday for talks on the crisis facing homeowners

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