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Spring Budget's Cost Of Living Support 'Thin On The Ground'
Spring Budget's Cost Of Living Support "Thin On The Ground"
Social affairs
Campaigners have said the cost of living support measures announced in Jeremy Hunt's Spring Budget fall short of what is needed to help households struggling with the cost of living.
Five Million People Can't Afford Basic Outgoings In 'Living Standards Catastrophe'
Social affairs
Five Million People Can't Afford Basic Outgoings In "Living Standards Catastrophe"
Inflation, Energy Bills, Mortgages: Cost Of Living Challenges Facing Britain In 2024
Social affairs
Inflation, Energy Bills, Mortgages: Cost Of Living Challenges Facing Britain In 2024
Government Warned Food Banks Are Now Ingrained In British Life
Social affairs
Government Warned Food Banks Are Now Ingrained In British Life
Labour Warns 'Toxic' Cost Of Living Is Driving Homelessness At Christmas
Social affairs
Labour Warns "Toxic" Cost Of Living Is Driving Homelessness At Christmas
Jeremy Hunt Accused Of Being 'Untruthful' About Cost Of Living Support
Social affairs
Jeremy Hunt Accused Of Being "Untruthful" About Cost Of Living Support
Labour Will Force Energy Debate In Commons As Worry Over Bills Bites
Energy
Labour Will Force Energy Debate In Commons As Worry Over Bills Bites
The House Live
Regulators need to start listening to consumers
Communities
By Ben Cooper
Regulators need to start listening to consumers
How EDF is helping keep homes warm this New Year Partner content
Energy
By EDF
How EDF is helping keep homes warm this New Year
Small businesses who rent can get more control this winter with a smart meter Partner content
Energy
By Smart Energy GB
Small businesses who rent can get more control this winter with a smart meter
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Derek Guy: What Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer are getting wrong about menswear
Derek Guy: What Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer are getting wrong about menswear
By Derek Guy
Culture
I am all too familiar with how harsh media attention can be
I am all too familiar with how harsh media attention can be
By Caroline Nokes MP
Parliament
Lord Sandwich reviews: 'I Seek a Kind Person'
Lord Sandwich reviews: 'I Seek a Kind Person'
By Earl of Sandwich
Books & culture
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Inflation, Energy Bills, Mortgages: Cost Of Living Challenges Facing Britain In 2024
Social affairs
Inflation, Energy Bills, Mortgages: Cost Of Living Challenges Facing Britain In 2024
High interest rates, elevated energy bills, and above average inflation will see the cost of living crisis rumble on into 2024.
Government Warned Food Banks Are Now Ingrained In British Life
Social affairs
Government Warned Food Banks Are Now Ingrained In British Life
Chief executive of the Trussell Trust, Emma Revie, has told PoliticsHome the charity's food banks are at "breaking point" and expressed concern that they were becoming permanent fixtures in British society.
Soaring Mortgages Could “Define” Tory Election Defeat
Economy
Soaring Mortgages Could “Define” Tory Election Defeat
Spooked Conservative MPs fear soaring mortgage rates will "define" the rest of this parliament and represent the final nail in the coffin for their party's chances of retaining power at the next general election.
Cost of living news
Partner content
Economy
By Building Societies Association
New data suggests workers expect their employers to do more on financial wellbeing

  • Over six in ten employees are finding bills and credit commitments a burden

  • Close to one in five employees would not be able to cover their living expenses for one month if they lost their main source of income

  • Majority think that their employer should care about their financial wellbeing

  • 50% who don’t currently have a workplace savings scheme are interested in one
The government is not doing enough to target cost of living support to struggling households who need it most
Economy
By Siobhain McDonagh MP
The government is not doing enough to target cost of living support to struggling households who need it most
Every Friday at my weekly advice surgery I meet yet another working family struggling to make ends meet.
Why workplace savings can help people build financial resilience Partner content
Economy
By Building Societies Association
Why workplace savings can help people build financial resilience
As the cost of living bites, workers expect their employers to do more to support their financial wellbeing.
We must go green in order to tackle the cost of living crisis
Economy
By Lord Bilimoria
We must go green in order to tackle the cost of living crisis
With food, fuel and energy bills soaring, the Chancellor did the right thing at the end of last month and put money in the pockets of those facing real hardship.
Temporary support will not end the cost of living crisis – we need a long term strategy
Economy
By Angela Eagle MP
Temporary support will not end the cost of living crisis – we need a long term strategy
At a recent Treasury Select Committee hearing, the governor of the Bank of England warned of an "apocalyptic” situation with food prices fast approaching. This is on top of the doubling of energy costs currently driving many to wonder how they will cope.
Two-Thirds Of Tory Voters Believe Financial Situation Will Worsen Over Next Year
Economy
Two-Thirds Of Tory Voters Believe Financial Situation Will Worsen Over Next Year
New polling has found nearly a quarter of Tory voters believe excessive government spending was "significantly" to blame for rising inflation.
Senior Tory Says UK Should Rejoin Single Market To Ease Cost Of Living Crisis
Brexit
Senior Tory Says UK Should Rejoin Single Market To Ease Cost Of Living Crisis
A senior Conservative MP has called on Boris Johnson take the UK back into the European Union's single market in order to help mitigate the ongoing cost of living crisis.
The government must prioritise efficiency upgrades to support households with rising energy bills ahead of another difficult winter
Economy
By Peter Aldous MP
The government must prioritise efficiency upgrades to support households with rising energy bills ahead of another difficult winter
Last week's intervention from the Treasury was a huge relief for the millions of families up and down the country facing the grim prospect of a 42 per cent rise in energy bills from October.
We can upgrade Brexit and ease the cost of living by going back to the single market
Brexit
By Tobias Ellwood MP
We can upgrade Brexit and ease the cost of living by going back to the single market
With inflation soaring and the cost of living crisis biting, the Chancellor’s recent £15bn intervention was welcome – but more radical thinking is required if we are to energise our economy through these stormy waters and earn another five years of Conservative government.
Ministers should consider further borrowing to ease cost of living crunch
Economy
By Lord Rose
Ministers should consider further borrowing to ease cost of living crunch
Current government support will only scratch the surface of cost of living burden facing families.
Asda Chair And Tory Peer Calls For More Government Borrowing To Ease Cost Of Living Crisis
Economy
Asda Chair And Tory Peer Calls For More Government Borrowing To Ease Cost Of Living Crisis
Lord Rose, a Tory peer and chair of Asda supermarket, has said there is "no time to be wasted" and he called on ministers to consider further borrowing to provide financial support to struggling households.
Increasing the minimum wage is the best way to help the lowest paid with the cost of living
Economy
By John Baron MP
Increasing the minimum wage is the best way to help the lowest paid with the cost of living
The cost of living is certainly the biggest challenge facing the government and it is closely related to the other major challenges we are living through – the ongoing fallout of the Covid-19 pandemic and the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Rishi Sunak Suggests Wealthy People Who Don't Need The £400 Cost Of Living Grant Should Give It To Charity
Economy
Rishi Sunak Suggests Wealthy People Who Don't Need The £400 Cost Of Living Grant Should Give It To Charity
Rishi Sunak has urged people who don't need the £400 grant being given to all households as part of his new cost-of-living package to donate the money to charity.
British farmers are at the sharp end of the cost of living crisis – we must go further to support them
Economy
By Tim Farron MP
British farmers are at the sharp end of the cost of living crisis – we must go further to support them
Farmers are often overlooked and undervalued. They are custodians of biodiversity, cultural heritage, green energy, flood prevention, carbon sequestration, hiking paths… and then there’s the small matter of putting food on the table.
Rishi Sunak Announces Windfall Tax And One-Off Grants To Help Households With Cost Of Living Crisis
Economy
Rishi Sunak Announces Windfall Tax And One-Off Grants To Help Households With Cost Of Living Crisis
Rishi Sunak has unveiled a new package of household support for combatting the cost of living crisis, including a windfall tax on gas and oil companies, which he says is worth £15bn.
Minister Rejects Claim That Government Is Announcing Cost Of Living Package To Distract From Gray Report
Economy
Minister Rejects Claim That Government Is Announcing Cost Of Living Package To Distract From Gray Report
A senior Cabinet minister has dismissed claims that the government is announcing further cost of living support on Thursday in a bid to distract from the publication of the Sue Gray report.
Government Expected To Announce Windfall Tax On Oil And Gas The Day After Partygate Report
Economy
Government Expected To Announce Windfall Tax On Oil And Gas The Day After Partygate Report
Rishi Sunak is expected to announce a windfall tax on oil and gas companies tomorrow as Boris Johnson issued a plea to move on following the publication of Sue Gray's report into parties held in Downing Street during lockdown.
We must cut taxes to tackle the cost of living crisis and protect Britain’s future
Economy
By John Longworth
We must cut taxes to tackle the cost of living crisis and protect Britain’s future
While “Czar Putin” considers the deployment of the alarming and all too real weapons of mass destruction, in Global Britain the media and the Westminster bubble can do little more than chat about our own weapons of mass distraction – namely, cake and legs.
A benefits increase is essential to ease the cost of living for low-income families
Economy
By Baroness Lister
A benefits increase is essential to ease the cost of living for low-income families
“There is quite simply nothing left to cut back on.”
Treasury Minister 'Definitively' Not Ruling Out Windfall Tax As Pressure Builds On Government To Act
Economy
Treasury Minister "Definitively" Not Ruling Out Windfall Tax As Pressure Builds On Government To Act
Another minister has left the door open to a windfall tax on major energy companies as pressure grows on the government to spell out how it will help households through the cost of living crisis.
Impatient Tory MPs Fear They'll Be Stitched Up By A U-Turn On Windfall Tax
Economy
Impatient Tory MPs Fear They'll Be Stitched Up By A U-Turn On Windfall Tax
There were uneasy looks on the faces of Conservative MPs as they made their way to the House of Commons to vote on a Labour amendment to the Queen's Speech on Tuesday night.
Around the world, it’s time to get childcare right
Education
By Bridget Phillipson MP
Around the world, it’s time to get childcare right
Families facing “mind-boggling” school and childcare fees hoping for relief. Promises to address childcare shortage need to become reality, parents say. The “big change” to childcare was a dud. Parents and teachers deserve better.
As the cost of living bites, we must make healthy food affordable and accessible for families on low-incomes
Health
By Jo Gideon MP
As the cost of living bites, we must make healthy food affordable and accessible for families on low-incomes
In Britain, we are trapped in a junk food cycle that means we now consume more highly processed foods than any other European country, except Malta, and have higher levels of obesity.
Minister Says Police Should Not Show 'Discretion' To People Stealing Food During Cost Of Living Crisis
Home affairs
Minister Says Police Should Not Show "Discretion" To People Stealing Food During Cost Of Living Crisis
The policing minister has said officers should not use discretion when deciding whether to prosecute people who are caught stealing food to eat amid the ongoing cost-of-living crisis.
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