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The Latest Breaking News from Rishi Sunak

What the papers say – April 8

The front pages are lead by criticism of Rishi Sunak and his wife Akshata Murty.

The Independent UK

Akshata Murty’s non-dom status is a choice not an obligation – tax experts

Like other UK non-doms Rishi Sunak’s wife had to apply for the tax status with HMRC, despite her statements

The Guardian - UK

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

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4 holes in the £150 discount off council tax - see if you'll fall through cracks

Millions of households in bands A to D will get a one-off £150 discount on their council tax from April under Rishi Sunak's plan to ease the impact of soaring energy bills

Daily Mirror

‘How do we survive?’ Britons share fears of soaring bills on first day of energy bills hike

The energy cap has increased today for millions across the UK

The Independent UK

Stock markets rally on Russia-Ukraine talks, oil prices dip – as it happened

Investors cheered by signs of progress in peace talks, while UK grocery inflation hits 11-year high amid cost of living crisis

The Guardian - UK

How families in Britain have been left hungry and in crisis

Letters: Peter Riddle highlights the struggles in his local community, and Prof Rebecca Earle says today’s inequalities hark back to the early 19th century. Plus letters from Christine Kearns, Alan Fairs and Adam Osborne

The Guardian - UK

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UK facing staffing crisis of essential workers due to rising cost of living, warns Unison

‘The staffing crisis will deepen unless the Government acts swiftly with a real pay rise that leaves inflation in the shade,’ the union’s head of health, Sara Gorton, said

Evening Standard

Tory MP branded 'callous' for claiming poverty-hit Brits 'sitting on benefits' should 'get any job'

Katherine Fletcher was criticised for "insult" on struggling families as experts calculate Rishi Sunak's mini-Budget will leave 1.3 million people, including 500,000 children, facing absolute poverty

Daily Mirror

After partygate: Tory government goes from crisis to crisis

War in Ukraine has sidelined the row over No 10 parties, but Boris Johnson’s troubles are far from over. The cost of living crisis will prove a crucial test

The Guardian - UK

More than a million households could miss out on £150 energy rebate

Financial experts have warned that more than 1 million households are set to miss out on Rishi Sunak’s £150 energy bill rebate.

Evening Standard

'I'm living hand to mouth... they don't care about people like us': What people at Harpurhey Market think about Rishi Sunak's Spring Statement

'I'm living hand to mouth'

Manchester Evening News

Forecourts not passing on fuel duty cut to drivers, says AA

The AA said petrol prices have fallen just 2.71p and diesel 1.59p despite Rishi Sunak saying a 5p fuel cut comes into effect from 6pm on Wednesday.

The Independent UK

Inflation pressures hit consumer confidence; Moscow stock market falls back – as it happened

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news

The Guardian - UK

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Sir Chris Hohn urges shareholders to vote against ‘greenwashing’ bank directors

Call comes as thinktank says the world’s 30 largest financial institutions are undermining their net zero targets

Glasgow Live

12 ways to make your petrol or diesel go further as fuel duty cut by 5p

The fuel duty has been cut by 5p a litre after Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced measures in a bid to assist some people with the rising cost of living - Here are some way you can make your money stretch further.

The Guardian - UK

I’ve covered countless Tory mini-budgets. The cruelty of this one shocked even me

How naive I was to think that Rishi Sunak would protect the poorest from the heaviest blows of the cost of living crisis, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Independent UK

Amelia Dimoldenberg calls Tories ‘callous, power hungry millionaires’ after Rishi Sunak’s budget announcement

‘Chicken Shop Date’ presenter has also criticised Labour leader Keir Starmer in the past

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Daily Mirror

Mini budget a 'slap in the face' as cash-strapped Brits tell Sunak 'thanks for nothing'

Struggling Brits tell the Mirror of dashed hopes at Chancellor Rishi Sunak's Spring Statement mini budget 'slap in the face' contained NOTHING to stop theworst fall in living standards since the 1950s

The Guardian - UK

Cost of living crisis hitting economic outlook as firms hike prices – as it happened

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news

The Independent UK

Nurses ‘short changed’ by Sunak budget says union as household incomes fall

NHS workers ‘having to choose between filling up their cars and feeding their children’

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Sunak’s spring statement: a big cut in living standards

Editorial: Reducing government borrowing while letting the poor go cold and hungry is not good politics or good economics

The Guardian - UK

Sunak’s spring measures for poorer households look little more than hopeful

Under all likely scenarios, millions of households will still face energy bills that are unaffordable

The Guardian - UK

‘A drop in the ocean’: Birmingham responds to Sunak’s mini-budget

Hodge Hill has the highest fuel poverty rate in England, and many were looking to the chancellor for a lifeline

The Independent UK

How will the spring statement affect me?

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced additional support as households face the biggest fall to real living standards on record.

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