From the cradle to the grave, there is something rotten in the state of welfare Benefits policies are simply aggravating the inequalities that shape British lives The Guardian - UK · Mar 26, 2023
‘Britain should be embarrassed’ it has never had a female chancellor, says Rachel Reeves as she eyes up role Exclusive: Labour’s Rachel Reeves says she wants to ‘smash’ glass ceilings and end the gender pay gap The Independent UK · Mar 26, 2023
The cost of childcare is enough to give anyone a tantrum Extra childcare won’t work without the right funding. And without childcare it will be parents throwing toys out of the pram The Guardian - UK · Mar 26, 2023
Fears that UK’s net zero strategy will be blown off course by oil and gas pressures The UK government presentation in Aberdeen this week should be a reaction to the Joe Biden’s subsidies, but from renewables to drilling, it’s set to fall short The Guardian - UK · Mar 26, 2023
Families face childcare cliff-edge as parents set to foot bill for wraparound care Jeremy Hunt announced an "ambition" for all primary schools to provide childcare between 8am and 6pm in last week’s Budget speech - but when the 'startup cash' runs out, parents will be on the hook Daily Mirror · Mar 25, 2023
Rishi Sunak’s accountants urge retention of non-dom status Evelyn Partners recently confirmed PM made around £5m in past three years, mostly through investments The Guardian - UK · Mar 25, 2023
Full list of benefits going up from April 2023 – from Universal Credit to state pension Inflation-linked rises detailed, all applying from April 10 Nottingham Post · Mar 24, 2023
Who will win the next general election? The odds and polls Rishi Sunak is celebrating a sharp fall in inflation to 6.8%, bolstering his pledge to halve the rate by the end of the year. The Week · Mar 24, 2023
What is the energy support scheme and when does it end? Households will continue to get the current level of help with their energy bills for another three months Evening Standard · Mar 24, 2023
Jeremy Hunt has left the UK to rot in poverty. So we must take matters into our own hands With hygiene banks now joining food banks and clothes banks, I’m calling on retailers to take drastic action and help their poorest customers, says former UK prime minister Gordon Brown The Guardian - UK · Mar 24, 2023
English councils spent £480m on ‘inadequate’ care homes in four years Exclusive: Investigation finds huge sums of taxpayers’ money spent on poor quality private homes The Guardian - UK · Mar 23, 2023
Ministers 'delay' state pension age rise to 68 – but over 50s must still wait longer for payments The state pension age will still increase to 67 as planned the Department of Work and Pensions is set to rule Nottingham Post · Mar 23, 2023
Martin Lewis confirmed to join Good Morning Britain as a regular presenter alongside Susanna Reid The news comes after Chancellor Jeremy Hunt referenced the Money Saving Expert’s invaluable contribution to the 2023 Budget during his address to the House of Commons Evening Standard · Mar 23, 2023
New free childcare budget 2023 changes explained - who will get them and when Chanceller Jeremy Hunt announced the improvements - but they won't all come in immediately Nottingham Post · Mar 23, 2023
Daily Mirror · Mar 23, 2023 What to do if your Universal Credit has been sanctioned as DWP to impose ‘tougher’ rules Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced in the Spring Budget that the sanctions would be applied “more rigorously” to those who fail to meet strict work-search requirements or choose not to take up a reasonable job offer
Wales Online · Mar 23, 2023 What today’s rise in interest rates means for your money and when they might go down It is the 11th consecutive increase in the base rate, and the highest since 2008
The Guardian - UK · Mar 23, 2023 A third of care homes in England have considered closing due to rising energy bills Care England says there is ‘no justification for charging such financially crippling rates’
Evening Standard · Mar 22, 2023 New childcare funding could add £100,000-plus to London homebuyers’ budgets From being able to afford a first property to redrawing a search map entirely, home loan experts explain how the new childcare support could help young families in the capital
Daily Record · Mar 22, 2023 Food prices at highest level in 45 years as UK inflation unexpectedly rises again Shortages of vegetables such as tomatoes and peppers in recent weeks were largely behind the rocketing food inflation.
Wales Online · Mar 22, 2023 Inflation leaps again thanks to rising food and drink prices Chancellor Jeremy Hunt said: “We recognise just how tough things are for families across the country
The Guardian - UK · Mar 22, 2023 Good riddance to the work capability assessment, the cruellest social policy of modern times Thousands of people have died after wrongly being found ‘fit for work’, but benefits campaigners aren’t celebrating yet, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan
The Guardian - UK · Mar 22, 2023 Hunt’s jobs drive will push mothers on benefits to work 30-hour week Exclusive: Single mothers of three-year-olds will be disproportionately hit by ‘unconscionable’ policy, say charities and academics
The Independent UK · Mar 22, 2023 April dates for DWP payments, benefits, pensions and cost of living top ups Three-month extension of energy price guarantee welcomed but key state support schemes expiring
Daily Mirror · Mar 22, 2023 Benefit sanctions regime should be suspended during cost of living crisis, ministers told The demand from the IPPR think-tank comes a week after the Chancellor Jeremy Hunt warned in the Budget that the Tory Government would apply benefit sanctions more 'rigorously'
Daily Mirror · Mar 21, 2023 Jeremy Hunt plays down economic crisis risk as Budget watchdog warns of 'stress' in system The Chancellor said the UK is in a better position than it was during the 2008 financial crash with a 'resilience that there wasn't back then'. But the chief of the OBR warned the system was 'under stress'