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Boris Johnson hands over his WhatsApps and urges Cabinet Office to give them to Covid inquiry

Rishi Sunak under pressure to end farce and sanction the release of the documents to the inquiry ahead of Thursday’s deadline

The Independent UK

Six per cent interest rate warning in ‘bumpy’ battle to halve inflation this year

‘We are going to stay the course and get inflation down,’ Work and Pensions Secretary Mel Stride said

Evening Standard

Switch banks if you’re getting poor interest rate, cabinet minister Mel Stride says

Mel Stride said some of the ‘stickiness’ comes because there is ‘often inertia’ and that it is ‘relatively easy to change and switch accounts’

The Independent UK

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People who get ‘poor’ bank rates should ‘shop around’, Cabinet minister says

Mel Stride said some of the ‘stickiness’ comes because there is ‘often inertia’ and that it is ‘relatively easy to change and switch accounts’.

The Independent UK

Cabinet minister says government has ‘nothing to hide’ from Covid inquiry

Mel Stride’s comments follow Rishi Sunak being accused of attempting to cover up actions of senior MPs

The Guardian - UK

Mel Stride: Covid inquiry will be given information ‘it is right for it to have’

The Work and Pensions Secretary said the Government would hand over material to the inquiry ‘where it is appropriate’.

The Independent UK

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

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DWP still pushing dangerous 'benefit fraud crackdown'

The whole thing would be incredibly laughable - grown men who work for the worst government in decades running about doing terrible pastiches of crime thrillers - if it wasn’t pushing such a dangerous narrative

Daily Mirror

No 10 refuses to back minister’s back-to-work tax cut suggestion

Work and Pensions Secretary Mel Stride said reducing the number of economically inactive people back to pre-pandemic levels could lead to a tax cut.

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak slaps down top Tory's claim 2p could be cut from income tax

The Prime Minister's spokesman said it was not up to Work and Pensions Secretary Mel Stride to dictate tax policy after he claimed getting people back into work will boost the economy enough to reduce income tax by 2p

Daily Mirror

Keir Starmer ditches plans for autobiography and returns £18k advance

Labour leader to co-operate with biography instead

The Independent UK

DWP boss gives new indication when State Pension age rise to 68 is likely to happen

Work and Pensions Secretary Mel Stride also said there are no plans to alter the State Pension Triple Lock.

Daily Record

Friday briefing: What will Ukraine’s long-anticipated counteroffensive look like?

In today’s newsletter: After a long winter froze combat for months, Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s next move could be crucial to his country’s future

The Guardian - UK

Getting people back into work could lead to pre-election tax cut, cabinet minister says

The Work and Pensions Secretary said boosting the workforce after Covid could be an important factor in Conservative election win

The Independent UK

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The Independent UK

Stride: Getting people back into work could lead to pre-election tax cut - old

The Work and Pensions Secretary said boosting the workforce after Covid could be an important factor in a Conservative election win.

Manchester Evening News

Millions of people might have to work longer as state pension age expected to rise

The State Pension could be extended in less than 20 years

The Guardian - UK

UK will have to raise retirement age after election, minister says

Work and pensions secretary says his successor will have to ‘grasp nettle’ of bringing forward rise to 68

Daily Mirror

Top Tory says it's not in Brits 'national psyche' to riot over issues like state pension

The DWP Chief Mel Stride also claimed the Tories still have a 'narrow path' to victory at the next general election - despite losing over 1,000 council seats at the local elections last week

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The Independent UK

State pension age could rise to 68 by ‘2040 or thereabouts’, says Mel Stride

The Work and Pensions Secretary has delayed any decision on increasing the state pension age past 67.

The Guardian - UK

Anti-Tory coalition leaves party reeling and ministers at risk after polls disaster

In Hertfordshire’s towns, as across so much of formerly ‘true blue’ England, the appetite for change proved decisively strong

The Independent UK

Are you eligible to receive today’s £301 cost of living payment?

Those in receipt of means-tested benefits to receive payment directly to their bank account

The Guardian - UK

More than 7,500 days’ worth of raw sewage dumped in ministers’ constituencies

Labour analysis shows that raw sewage was discharged into cabinet ministers’ constituencies for 180,759 hours last year

Daily Record

New Pension Credit eligibility rules set to start with retirement age change in two years

The State Pension age is set to rise from 66 to 67 between 2026 and 2028.

The Independent UK

Five bits of bad news slipped out by the government before the Easter break

It is has become somewhat of a tradition for governments to bury bad news on the last day of term, which has been dubbed ‘Taking out the trash day’

The Independent UK

Five bits of bad news slipped out by the government before the Easter break

It is has become somewhat of a tradition for governments to bury bad news on the last day of term, which has been dubbed ‘Taking out the trash day’

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