Search results for ‘Budget’
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UK Economy: day of price rises and new financial policies explained
The Easter weekend closes with a bang as many households see their council tax and bills go up on what’s been dubbed ‘price hike day’.
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‘No magic money tree’ for more councils says Starmer
The Conservatives stole two Labour policies to fund tax cuts in their budget. And now Labour has kicked off its local election campaign with some rather familiar-sounding promises.
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Scotland ferries crisis hurting tourism and whisky trade
Ferries are a vital lifeline for Scotland’s island communities. But a failure to replace the national operator CalMac’s ageing fleet has caused major disruption for islanders – harming tourism and the valuable whisky trade.
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Rishi Sunak hints he’ll squeeze benefits to pay for tax cuts
This Mothers’ Day several women started a hunger strike outside parliament to protest rising food costs and pressures on family budgets.
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FactCheck: Rachel Reeves’ claim that ‘the average family will be £870 worse off’
FactCheck takes a look.
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‘There may well be another financial event in the autumn’, says Tory MP
Earlier we spoke to Conservative MP Stephen Hammond. I began by asking whether he thinks moving from cutting National Insurance to talk of getting rid of it altogether means the Prime Minister realises his Budget didn’t move the dial much.
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Sunak pledges to scrap National Insurance entirely
Yesterday they cut national insurance by another two pence. Today, the Prime Minister and his Chancellor want to scrap it altogether. How they would pay for it isn’t clear. Labour says the pledge is “more reckless than Liz Truss”. Meanwhile, after studying the Budget, the Institute for Fiscal Studies says most people will be worse…
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Government won’t be able to provide free childcare ‘on the cheap’, says nurseries lobby group
The Chancellor also promised to make good on an announcement from last year’s budget: more free early years childcare.
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Overall government tax policies since pandemic are ‘raising the tax burden’, says OBR Chairman
Richard Hughes is Chairman of the Office for Budget Responsibility, which assesses the health of the UK’s economy and whose forecasts determine how much the Chancellor has to spend in the Budget.
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Chancellor announces 2p National Insurance tax cut
With his eye firmly on the next election, Jeremy Hunt says he is delivering “much-needed help in challenging times”.
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How has Scotland’s NHS performed under the SNP?
Over the last few weeks we have been looking at the state of health services across the UK amid soaring demand, ongoing strikes, staff shortages and tight budgets.
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FactCheck: 12-week waits for inpatient care in Scotland 125 times higher than a decade ago
The picture across Scotland’s NHS is stark.
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Exclusive: Survey of UK voters reveals three quarters would back keeping taxes the same or seeing them rise
Exclusive new opinion polling from Channel 4 News and DeltaPoll reveals three quarters of voters would back keeping taxes the same or seeing them rise, if it means safeguarding public services.
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Exclusive: Survey of UK voters reveals three quarters would back keeping taxes the same or seeing them rise
Exclusive new opinion polling from Channel 4 News and DeltaPoll reveals three quarters of voters would back keeping taxes the same or seeing them rise, if it means safeguarding public services.
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FactCheck: England has lost 28% of local bus provision per person since 2011
The worst-hit councils have lost two thirds of bus services when we account for population rises.