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 · Jun 4, 2023
The ‘blue wall’ home counties are falling out of love with the Tory party The Liberal Democrats believe they can seize the affluent, pro-remain Conservative heartland at the next election The Guardian - UK · Jun 3, 2023
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 · Jun 3, 2023
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 · Jun 2, 2023
DWP June benefit payments confirmed including Universal Credit, PIP, pensions, DLA, and JSA Benefit claimants faced a series of changes in May due to the three bank holidays in May, as payments were unable to be made on those days Nottingham Post · Jun 1, 2023
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 · Jun 1, 2023
Brexit, the environment, energy bills … it’s hard to tell Labour and Tory policies apart Cross-party consensus was once called Butskellism. What do we call it when even Rachel Reeves and Jeremy Hunt agree? says Guardian economics editor Larry Elliott The Guardian - UK · Jun 1, 2023
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 · May 31, 2023
Parents claiming universal credit will receive hundreds of pounds more Government is raising amount parents can claim by almost 50% from 28 June The Guardian - UK · May 30, 2023
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 · May 30, 2023
NHS England workforce plan delayed amid rumours of cost issues Health secretary Steve Barclay not confirming when strategy to increase numbers of doctors and nurses will be published The Guardian - UK · May 29, 2023
'Our Chancellor looks relaxed as higher interest rates push Britain into recession' Kevin Maguire writes that Jeremy Hunt is relaxed about plunging Britain into recession - no wonder Labour and Keir Starmer are enjoying healthy double-digit poll leads Daily Mirror · May 28, 2023
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 · May 28, 2023
Terrible week for Sunak and Hunt puts election victory all but out of reach Praise from the IMF and optimism on inflation have given way to echoes of last autumn’s turmoil The Guardian - UK · May 28, 2023
The Independent UK · May 27, 2023 Jeremy Hunt among Tories at risk as rural support for Labour soars – poll Polling suggests rural voters feel no party understands them, but are starting to look to Labour after 13 years of the Conservatives.
The Independent UK · May 27, 2023 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
Daily Mirror · May 26, 2023 'Tories are so insulated from everyday life they have no idea how tough it is' If people thought Jeremy Hunt had some sympathy for their plight they should think again
The Guardian - UK · May 26, 2023 Rishi Sunak warned over possible UK recession in 2024 High inflation likely to push interest rates above 5% and force up mortgage and loan payments just ahead of election
The Guardian - UK · May 26, 2023 The Guardian view on a death of consensus: politicians are having different nightmares Editorial: Interventions from the Tory chancellor and his Labour shadow spell the end of a period of economic agreement
The Conversation · May 26, 2023 UK bonds are in meltdown again – what does that mean for pensions? Expert Q&A UK government debt prices have taken an unnerving journey south in the past few days. The closely watched ten-year bond has now hit a yield of 4.3%, taking it within a fraction of the level that caused a crisis in autumn 2022.
The Independent UK · May 26, 2023 UK's Treasury chief accepts that recession may be necessary to get inflation down Britain’s Treasury chief says he would be prepared to see the British economy slip back into recession if further interest rate hikes are necessary to bring down inflation
Evening Standard · May 26, 2023 OPINION - The Standard View: Jeremy Hunt speaks the uncomfortable truth: inflation is the great enemy It is not something you hear a Chancellor say every day, not least 12 to 18 months out from a general election. Asked if he was “comfortable with the Bank of England doing whatever it takes to bring down inflation, even if that potentially would precipitate a recession”, Jeremy Hunt…
Daily Mirror · May 26, 2023 Tory Jeremy Hunt backs interest hikes pain for Brits - even if it risks recession The Bank of England has hiked interest rates repeatedly to tackle inflation - in a hit to mortgage payers - and experts have warned they could raise them higher than the current 4.5% next month
The Guardian - UK · May 26, 2023 Hunt will back more interest rate rises even if they push UK to recession Chancellor will back Bank of England’s decisions because ‘inflation is a source of instability’
The Guardian - UK · May 26, 2023 Partygate: Nadine Dorries suggests Boris Johnson Chequers records might have wrong names and dates – as it happened Former culture secretary says prime ministerial diaries ‘are frequently wrong’