Category: Autumn budget 2024

Living standards 2025 outlook ‘hardly cause for celebration’, says UK thinktank

Household incomes to stagnate or fall but will be offset by better public services, says Resolution FoundationHousehold incomes will stagnate or fall next year but the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, will be hoping people feel better...

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Welsh Tories criticise Of Mice and Men’s removal from GCSE course over racism concerns – UK politics live

Steinbeck’s book removed after some pupils felt distressed during discussions about its racial slurs During the Conservative leadership contest Kemi Badenoch wrote an article for the Sunday Telegraph about immigration in...

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No 10 declines to say whether Mandelson should use Farage in US to help establish good relations with Trump – UK politics live

Prime minister’s spokesperson declines to comment on whether new ambassador to US would use Nigel Farage’s links to president-electDuring the Conservative leadership contest Kemi Badenoch wrote an article for the...

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UK job vacancies fall at fastest rate since pandemic as business confidence slumps

Blow to Labour growth hopes as poll finds demand for staff falling at ‘sharp and accelerated pace’, particularly in permanent rolesThe number of job vacancies in November fell at the fastest rate since the start of...

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Winter fuel crisis: one million elderly already skipping meals and applications system ‘overwhelmed’

The row over Labour’s cuts to pensioners’ energy payments is about to flare up again after damning new research The row over the government’s decision to slash winter fuel payments is set to be reignited after...

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‘Business cash cow has been milked,’ CBI chair tells ministers

Rupert Soames urged government to water down workers’ rights plans after a budget ‘tough on business’The chair of the Confederation of British Industry, Rupert Soames, accused the government of treating...

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‘We had no alternative’: Reeves defends her budget to the CBI

Chancellor tells business leaders she stands by tax rises and points to Labour’s pro-growth policiesUK politics live – latest updatesBusiness live – latest updatesA defiant Rachel Reeves has rebuked critics of...

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‘We had no alternative’: Reeves to defend her budget to the CBI

Chancellor is expected to tell business leaders she stands by tax rises and point to Labour’s pro-growth policiesA defiant Rachel Reeves will rebuke critics of her tax-raising budget on Monday, telling disgruntled business...

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Energy bills, mortgages, food: will cost of living surge again under Labour?

The government claims to be fixing the economy but households may face more pressure in the months ahead Labour swept to power in the wake of a cost of living crisis that hit households hard, with the price of food and energy...

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