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Sunak burnishes image on world stage – but at home problems mount

PM returns from G20 summit to face difficult economic circumstances that will soon become challenging political ones

The Guardian - UK · Nov 18, 2022

Rishi Sunak stops daily interviews with ministers on shows including Good Morning Britain

Government ministers will end daily interviews on BBC Breakfast, Good Morning Britain and BBC Radio 4's Today programme - and will only appear when they have something to announce

Daily Mirror · Nov 18, 2022

Jeremy Hunt statement sets scene for ‘grim’ fall in living standards

Recession to last until 2024 as taxes climb to highest level since Second World War

The Independent UK · Nov 18, 2022

Relief meets fear as UK budget calms economy but brings pain

Britain’s Conservative government is defending its decision to hike taxes for millions of working people in the “squeezed middle” class as it tries to shore up an economy battered by double-digit inflation

The Independent UK · Nov 18, 2022

Emily Sheffield: A bad hand played well still leaves Jeremy Hunt with a mountain to climb

Make no mistake, the contents of this financial statement are hitting the ‘just about managing’ middle classes devastatingly hard. No jam in sight anywhere for the JAMs… By freezing the basic and higher rate income tax thresholds until 2028, the Treasury hopes to raise £6 billion, as this stealth tax…

Evening Standard · Nov 18, 2022

How a missile crisis in Poland almost dragged Nato into Russia’s war with Ukraine

Deadly rocket blast threatened to spark dramatic escalation of Europe’s biggest conflict since 1945

The Independent UK · Nov 18, 2022

Chris Kaba: Family says Rishi Sunak 'doesn't care' after failing to respond to letter

The cousin of Chris Kaba has said that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak ‘doesn’t care about the people’ after Number 10 failed to respond to a letter from the family

Daily Mirror · Nov 18, 2022

Jeremy Hunt insists non-dom tax loophole is good for the economy

But chancellor says he does not have figures to base decision on

The Independent UK · Nov 18, 2022

Every payment to help with the cost of living crisis due in November

Chancellor’s Autumn Budget upcoming but help is out there for those on low incomes struggling with rising prices and high bills

The Independent UK · Nov 18, 2022

Friday briefing: How will Labour counter the Tory ‘belt-tightening’ agenda this time?

In today’s newsletter: The chancellor’s autumn statement blamed global problems for an economic crisis of the government’s making – what should be Labour’s alternative?

The Guardian - UK · Nov 18, 2022