Search results for ‘Inflation’
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FactCheck: Sunak’s £330 tax cut claim
Not everyone will benefit by that amount.
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FactCheck: can Truss pay for her promises without breaking ‘fiscal rules’?
She says her plans are “affordable”.
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New pay offer for public sector actually ‘pay cut’ say unions
More than a million NHS staff will get a pay rise of at least £1400 under the Government’s new public sector pay offer.
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UK economy grows by 0.5% in May
After months of economic gloom and doom, there was some good news today: the economy grew by 0.5 per cent in May – much stronger than expected.
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Cost of Living: Thousands march in London to protest rising bills
Britain’s rail network will grind to a standstill next week as three days of strikes go ahead across the country – while London underground staff will also walk out on Tuesday.
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Interest rates rise to 13-year high
Interest rates have gone up for the fifth time in a row. The Bank of England has raised them by a quarter point to 1.25% – the highest level for 13 years.
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‘How do I feed my children? How do I survive?’ Parents on the cost of living crisis
The government’s cost of living support package amounts to £15 billion – designed to help households facing quickly rising energy bills. But with inflation at a 40-year high – and expected to rise – is it enough for those already feeling the squeeze who are worried about another energy bill price hike in October? We…
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What can the government do? – Economists debate the cost of living crisis
In recent weeks politicians have told us to learn to cook, buy value food, turn the lights off and work longer hours or the especially helpful: get a better paid job.
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How the cost of living crisis is affecting disabled people seeking work
We have been speaking to the Department for Work and Pensions Minister Chloe Smith about the mounting pressures on people’s finances – and the disproportionate impact of inflation on more vulnerable people.
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Cost of living crisis: UK economy shrinks 0.1% in March as country tightens its belt
Given the gloom over rocketing fuel bills and rising inflation, it can be no surprise that families are tightening their belts. Now it’s starting to hit the economy – which shrank 0.1% in March. The cabinet met in Stoke-on-Trent today, with the prime minister and chancellor apparently warming to the idea of a windfall tax…
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Exclusive: Number of cancer patients seeking heating support more than doubles
The number of cancer patients seeking support with heating bills has more than doubled in a year, according to figures from one of Britain’s largest cancer charities shared exclusively with Channel 4 News.
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Iceland reintroduces palm oil into products due to Ukraine war shortages
High inflation, Covid and the war in Ukraine have all put more pressure on hard pressed families.
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FactCheck: Johnson’s Living Wage claims missing key context
The on-paper pay rise is undercut by inflation.
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Bank of England hikes interest rate to 0.75%
The Bank of England has raised interest rates for the third time in four months to 0.75%.
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Sunak pressured to act over cost of living crisis
Rishi Sunak is under growing pressure to act in his Spring Statement, due in just two weeks.