Chancellor says autumn budget enabled £25bn of extra investment into NHS and shorter waiting lists Rachel Reeves has defended the £40bn in tax increases in autumn’s budget as businesses brace for their impact,...
Read MoreChancellor says £25bn extra investment into NHS has led to shorter waiting listsRachel Reeves has defended the £40bn in tax increases in autumn’s budget as businesses brace for their impact, saying NHS waiting...
Read MoreIndependent care providers say the government’s planned increases will push many to the brinkA day on the frontline of England’s social care crisis – Politics Weekly UKThe adult social care sector could...
Read MoreA report by the Autonomy Institute says Labour proposals contain too many ambiguities and stresses that pledges must be delivered in fullThe Labour government’s highly publicised plans to improve workers’ rights and...
Read MoreOpposition leader says some commitments were made before ‘the Tories did enormous damage to the economy’Starmer is summing up the Labour offer.This Labour party with Rachel Reeves as chancellor will value every pound...
Read MoreOpinium poll for the Observer reveals the public is unimpressed with Jeremy Hunt’s attempt to woo them by trimming national insurance Rishi Sunak has received no poll bounce after cutting taxes in last week’s autumn...
Read MoreAmid less gloomy OBR forecasts the chancellor is expected to take first steps towards cutting personal taxesJeremy Hunt will announce 110 measures to boost Britain’s stagnant economy and bow to demands from anxious Tory...
Read MoreChancellor Jeremy Hunt says earnings of full-time workers will rise by £1,800 a year as a the result of moveNearly 3 million low-paid workers will receive a pay increase of almost 10% next spring after the chancellor...
Read MoreRise of £2.4bn in costs could be ‘disastrous’ and essential services may need to be cut, says LGA chairCouncil leaders in England have said a multibillion-pound financial crisis caused by rising inflation could...
Read MoreLabour says rise in national living wage will not make up for universal credit cut amid cost-of-living crisisBudget 2021 live: all the day’s news and reactionRishi Sunak has been urged to use the budget to help families...
Read MoreGovernment accepts Low Pay Commission’s recommendation of 6.6% increaseThe UK’s “national living wage” is go up to £9.50 an hour from next April, meaning a pay rise for millions of low-paid...
Read MoreExclusive: Unions say if departments are not given funding to raise pay then in effect freeze will remainCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageRishi Sunak is set to confirm that the...
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