Labour urges spending watchdog to assess impact of chancellor’s £21bn package Shadow Treasury secretary asks Office for Budget Responsibility to examine Rishi Sunak’s emergency cost of living measures The Guardian - UK · May 30, 2022
Thursday briefing: The cost of living strategies that could actually work In this morning’s newsletter: Archie Bland talks to economics correspondent Richard Partington about what more the government could do to help the worst off in society The Guardian - UK · Apr 28, 2022
Even now, Sunak and the Tories cannot let austerity go This government is faced with a collapse in real incomes, spending, and its own popularity. But still it will not act The Guardian - UK · Apr 3, 2022
UK facing unprecedented hit to national income from inflation – Bank deputy The Office for Budget Responsibility said last week that households will suffer the biggest fall in income since records began in 1956. The Independent UK · Mar 30, 2022
Cost of living crisis hitting economic outlook as firms hike prices – as it happened Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news The Guardian - UK · Mar 24, 2022
UK set for biggest fall in living standards since records began, as inflation eats into GDP growth The chancellor may face mounting pressure to increase help for households in the months ahead with an £830 rise in energy bills in October, the Office for Budget Responsibility has warned The Independent UK · Mar 23, 2022