UK benefits fall to their lowest value in 50 years
Benefits will be uprated by just 3.1% today, despite inflation expected to be around 7.7% this month, with the Bank of England warning that it could reach even higher towards the end of the year.
Basit Mahmood
‘Arrogant’ and ‘lacking in self-awareness’: Rishi Sunak slammed for ordering inquiry into who leaked his wife’s tax status
“How about an enquiry into the 4.3bn fraudsters have gotten away with? Or billions in dodgy PPE contracts?”
Tory minister laughed at and mocked on BBC Question Time after insisting that £200 energy ‘discount’ is not ‘a loan’
‘But you have to pay it back, it sounds like a loan?’
Government slammed for plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda for processing
“What next? “Offshoring” the unemployed? The sick? the disabled? Protesters? Criminals?”
Rishi Sunak’s wife Akshata Murthy criticised for ‘misleading statement’ defending her non-dom tax status
Tax campaigners have been quick to point out that non-dom status is a choice individuals make rather than something that is automatically conferred as a result of nationality.
Government defeated in the Lords over plans to introduce photo ID in elections
Cabinet Office research has found that 42 percent of those with no photo ID said they were unlikely to apply.
Trade Unions set to hold demonstration in solidarity with Ukraine
The demonstration is also being backed by Ukrainian trade unions including the Federation of Trade Unions of Ukraine
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EXCLUSIVE: Majority of voters say Rishi Sunak has not done enough to help with the cost of living crisis
67% of respondents believe that Sunak has not done enough, compared to 24% who think he has done enough.
Rishi Sunak and his wife slammed for donating over £100,000 to his old private school
No empathy from Sunak for pensioners, the poor, sick, unemployed, workers and graduates.