PMQs: Rishi Sunak refuses to commit to raising benefits and pensions in line with inflation
Rishi Sunak dodged the question on benefits and pensions from the SNP’s Ian Blackford
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‘Inaction is not a solution’: Plaid Cymru develops ‘People’s Plan’ to tackle the cost-of-living crisis
“It’s not so much that action is missing, it’s more that the UK government has been missing in action” – Plaid Cymru’s Luke Fletcher talks about the action needed to tackle the cost-of-living crisis.
Tens of thousands sign ‘General Election Now’ petition
Momentum builds for the country to go to the polls to decide who the next prime minister will be.
Jake Berry apology slammed for being meaningless
The apology for the ‘get a new job’ comments didn’t go down well.
Suella Braverman slammed after saying it’s her ‘dream’ and ‘obsession’ to see asylum seeker flight to Rwanda
“Suella Braverman is now perilously close to making Priti Patel look like the second most callous & ignorant Home Secretary in living memory.”
The five shortest-serving UK prime ministers in modern history – could Liz Truss steal the crown?
With Labour surging to a record lead in the polls and letters of no confidence being sent from Tory MPs hoping to trigger yet another leadership contest, is Truss about to become the shortest-serving UK prime minister in recent times?
Tories quietly publish ‘dangerous’ plan to neuter elections watchdog and undermine its independence
The proposals had been branded ‘extremely dangerous’ by the chair of the Committee on Standards in Public Life when they were first suggested.
Rishi Sunak boasts of taking money away from ‘deprived urban areas’ for wealthy towns
‘We inherited a bunch of formulas from the Labour Party that shoved all the funding into deprived urban areas and that needed to be undone.’
Inflation 30% higher in northern cities, as north-south divide deepens – report shows
Despite the government’s persistent levelling up rhetoric, poorer cities, predominantly in the north, are being hit harder by the cost of living crisis.
Institute of Economic Affairs denies that fossil fuel funding affects its opposition to taxing oil company profits
The free market think tank says we shouldn’t tax oil companies more as BP and Shell announced record profits