Households to be £1,900 poorer, analysis of Jeremy Hunt’s autumn statement finds
“This Parliament is on track to be the first in which real household disposable incomes actually fall”
Jeremy Hunt
“A cynical ploy”: How trade unions reacted to the Autumn Statement
“Working people aren’t fools and won’t forgive or forget who trashed our country’s economy.”
3 things we learnt from Jeremy Hunt’s Autumn Statement
So, yet more spending cuts, a higher tax burden and cruel policies towards the vulnerable. The same old Tories.
Coalition of campaigners demand Chancellor tax super-rich to tackle climate crisis
“Instead of tackling this injustice, the Chancellor chooses to balance the books on the backs of ordinary people rather than taxing people like us who can afford it.”
Jeremy Hunt hiked rent of his luxury flat by 18% – almost twice the rate of inflation at time
“It is one rule for the rich and powerful, and another rule for everybody else.”
Debbie Abrahams MP: The Tories are scapegoating vulnerable social security claimants
There is no evidence that ratcheting up sanctions incentivizes people into work
Every Tory cabinet member who is set to lose their seat according to the latest polls
Six cabinet members are set to be booted out of parliament
Ofcom says GB News broke impartiality rules after chancellor interviewed by Tory MPs
‘Our investigation therefore concluded that GB News failed to represent and give due weight to an appropriately wide range of significant views’
Jacob Rees-Mogg and Jeremy Hunt at risk of losing their seats as rural support for Labour rises
‘Swathes of the Conservative’s ‘Rural Wall’ are defecting to Labour after years of economic neglect.’
Charities call for ‘complete reform’ of childcare system, including better pay for professionals
‘Childcare holds the power to tackle disadvantage by enabling parents to work and boosting children’s outcomes. But this opportunity is being missed and new government investment risks entrenching rather than changing an unequal system,’ says the JRF.