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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.
The government’s energy strategy fails to address both the cost of living crisis and the climate emergency
'The government has produced an energy strategy which has ignored the overwhelming evidence detailing the harm caused by extractive industries'.
‘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?'
The government has facilitated frauds and tax dodges running into tens of billions of pounds
'The UK economy is in dire straits. It has the highest level of reported government fraud, the highest level of taxation for 70 years, and the biggest decline in living standards since the Second World War'