Category: Resolution Foundation

War in Middle East ‘could wipe out growth in UK living standards’

Rising oil and gas prices may affect increase of £300 a year for typical working-age households, says leading thinktankBusiness live – latest updatesThe Middle East crisis could trigger an energy price shock that...

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Lower-income families face 137-year wait for living standards to double, says UK thinktank

Two decades of weak pay growth have left poorer households stuck, Resolution Foundation says, fuelling political uneaseIt would take 137 years for lower-income families in the UK to see their living standards double at the...

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UK’s ‘unsung army’ of full-time unpaid carers needs more support, report says

Resolution Foundation finds one in three carers from poorer families unable to work because of responsibilitiesA growing “unsung army” of 1 million people with full-time caring responsibilities needs better support,...

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Starmer says budget did not break manifesto tax pledge and scrapping two-child benefit cap was ‘long-standing ambition’ – live

PM says: ‘We kept to our manifesto in terms of what we’ve promised. But I accept the challenge that we’ve asked everybody to contribute’Ask the Guardian your budget questionsShare your views on the new...

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OBR chair says he will resign over budget mistake if Reeves and MPs no longer have confidence in him – UK politics live

Richard Hughes says he is prepared to quit over mistake that saw budget forecasts published ahead of the budgetAsk the Guardian your budget questionsBudget calculator: find out if you are better or worse offThe Conservative...

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Reeves dismisses Tory claims of ‘Benefits Street budget’ – UK politics live

Chancellor says 60% of families that will be better off after the two-child limit is scrapped are in workAsk the Guardian your budget questionsThe Conservative party is attacking the budget on the grounds that Rachel Reeves is...

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Lifetime of earnings not enough for UK workers to join wealthiest 10%, report says

Research finds it would take average worker saving all their earnings for 52 years to match wealth of richest 10th of societyIt would take the average earner in the UK 52 years’ worth of earnings to become as wealthy as...

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Ed Davey warns NHS will be privatised and gun laws rolled back by ‘hypocrite’ Farage in Lib Dem conference speech – as it happened

This blog is now closed, you can read more on this story here:Lib Dems the last block against ‘forces of darkness’ led by Farage, says Ed DaveyEd Davey, the Lib Dem leader, criticised Donald Trump for “the...

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Ed Davey delivers leader’s speech at Lib Dem conference – UK politics live

Liberal Democrat leader to take aim at Reform and far right in UKEd Davey, the Lib Dem leader, criticised Donald Trump for “the cruelty and stupidity” of his approach to medical research in comments distributed...

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Ed Davey to deliver keynote speech at Lib Dem conference – UK politics live

Liberal Democrat leader has been vocal about need to push back against far-right politicsEd Davey, the Lib Dem leader, criticised Donald Trump for “the cruelty and stupidity” of his approach to medical research in...

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