Cost of living: Richest households will benefit most from support packages, think tank finds
Richest households could receive twice as much support as the poorest
Chris Jarvis
Chris Jarvis is head of strategy and development at Left Foot Forward
Tories raise three times as much as Labour in major donations
Tory donors include property companies, banking firms and the wife of a former minister in Putin’s government
British Muslims have ‘second-class citizenship’, report claims
The Institute of Race Relations argues that changes to legislation on citizenship have been introduced to specifically target Muslims
Fresh wave of strike dates announced for the autumn
Workers at Felixstowe port and dozens of further education colleges are set to walk out
Downing Street hints there will be an ’emergency budget’ next week
Plans for tax cuts are set to be announced
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UK households were facing record energy debts even before the price cap was increased
Household energy debt had reached £2.1bn before the April price hikes
Cleaners at Battersea leisure centre win inflation-busting 16% pay rise
The UVW union has described the victory as “huge”
Wife of former BP executive donated £100k to Liz Truss leadership campaign
The news comes as Liz Truss ruled out a windfall tax on oil and gas company profits
Kwasi Kwarteng’s big fracking hypocrisy
Kwarteng wrote that “no amount of shale gas from hundreds of wells dotted across rural England would be enough to lower the European price any time soon”.