Tag: The Treasury
9 months ago
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Ministers already using experimental AI 'red box' to read and summarise briefing notes

Tory minister Alex Burghart admitted he uses an experimental “AI Red Box”, developed by the Cabinet Office, to sift t...

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10 months ago
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Jeremy Hunt branded 'Grinch' as families spend more on stealth taxes than Christmas gifts

Households are expected to spend an average of £279 on Christmas presents this year, but a typical family is likely t...

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10 months ago
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Covid families warn Rishi Sunak he has 'extremely serious questions to answer' at inquiry

Rishi Sunak will appear at the Covid inquiry on Monday - and is expected to be given a grilling on Eat Out To Help ou...

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about 1 year ago
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Rishi Sunak criticised for £91billion HS2 'chaos' after not attending any meetings

As Europe’s biggest infrastructure project has been put at risk, official meeting logs reveal Sunak has not met HS2 L...

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about 1 year ago
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Dame Kelly Holmes joins LGBT+ armed forces veterans in welcoming Rishi Sunak apology

The Prime Minister and Defence Secretary Ben Wallace both made apologies in the House of Commons for the shameful tre...

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about 1 year ago
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Awkward time Donald Trump 'broke protocol' at banquet with Queen gaffe

Trump raised eyebrows after making a blunder during his speech to the 170 guests in the ballroom after he gestured to...

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over 1 year ago
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Kwasi Kwarteng pockets £27,000 for 30-minute speech to Swiss bankers

Just months after he and Liz Truss tanked the UK economy with their kamikaze mini-budget, Mr Kwarteng has started rak...

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over 1 year ago
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Liz Truss blamed for £150-a-week rise in mortgage bills after disastrous mini-Budget

People with a 75% loan-to-value mortgage faced a typical interest rate of 4.63% in April, which is three times the 1....

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over 1 year ago
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Keir Starmer mounts bid to block Rishi Sunak's pension tax giveaway to millionaires

Labour's amendment says the move "will cost around £1 billion a year and benefit only those with the biggest pension ...

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over 1 year ago
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Families face childcare cliff-edge as parents set to foot bill for wraparound care

Jeremy Hunt announced an "ambition" for all primary schools to provide childcare between 8am and 6pm in last week’s B...

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over 1 year ago
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Ministers expected to raise state pension age weeks after tax handout to super-rich

Longstanding MPs and Ministers - including Jeremy Hunt - stand to benefit from the Chancellor's huge handout to the r...

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over 1 year ago
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Officials 'must count cost' of climate change inaction to prevent 'drastic' debt rise

Ahead of the Budget, Pat McFadden, Labour’s Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury has called for officials to routin...

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over 1 year ago
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Tory failures force families to spend £10k on energy over five year parliament

Labour analysis found households are on the hook for £2,600 more in power bills than they paid under the 13 years Lab...

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over 1 year ago
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PM warned 'emergency' NHS meeting won't ease pressure after 'years of inaction'

The Prime Minister is holding rare weekend talks with health leaders - after senior medics said the health service wa...

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almost 2 years ago
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Rishi Sunak urged to force 'lazy' MPs to hold weekly surgeries as New Year resolution

Traditionally, MPs held weekly ‘drop-in’ surgeries in advertised locations for constituents to come and share concern...

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almost 2 years ago
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Kwasi Kwarteng 'champagne reception' with bankers missing from published diary

Officials have been asked to explain why the notorious reception - on the night of his disastrous mini-budget - was l...

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almost 2 years ago
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Labour MP Rosie Cooper resigns after murder plot, sparking by-election in Red Wall

We'll be bringing you the very latest updates, pictures and video on this breaking news story

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almost 2 years ago
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16 utterly miserable details Jeremy Hunt buried in the small print of his budget

Jeremy Hunt warned he'd be Scrooge, and he wasn't wrong. We've delved into the Autumn budget statement 2022 so you di...

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almost 2 years ago
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Plan to set out 'public interest' defence for whistleblowers backed by MPs

Former Labour defence minister Kevan Jones has proposed changes to National Security Bill and Official Secrets Act, w...

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almost 2 years ago
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Boris Johnson's 'crony' peerage list sparks demands for Lords reform inquiry

Suggested changes include halving the number of peers and banning PMs who left in disgrace from making nominations

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almost 2 years ago
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Tory MPs rush to defend Dominic Raab over claim he hurled tomatoes at officials

The Deputy Prime Minister last night faced a flurry of claims of being “rude” and “aggressive” towards civil servants

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almost 2 years ago
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Millions could face even higher energy bills as Treasury 'considers' raising price cap

Government sources said discussions are underway within the department about what level of support will be available ...

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almost 2 years ago
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Rishi Sunak has 'fingerprints' on £70 billion of 'wasteful spending' and 'duff deals'

Analysis reveals an average waste of £23 billion a year since 2019 - most of it blown while the Prime Minister was Ch...

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almost 2 years ago
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Rishi Sunak’s wife oversees removal men moving family back into Downing Street

Rishi Sunak and his family are moving back into his old flat above 10 Downing Street - even though it's smaller than ...

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almost 2 years ago
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Rishi Sunak and his PMQs answers have one thing in common - they're a bit rich

Under a greatest hits set of questions from Keir Starmer, the newly minted PM mocked Labour for “finally understandin...

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almost 2 years ago
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Jeremy Hunt statement LIVE: Labour attacks mini-budget U-turn in fiery Commons debate

The new Chancellor has scrapped "almost all" of the contents of Liz Truss' despised mini-Budget just three weeks afte...

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about 2 years ago
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Kwasi Kwarteng declines to appear on Good Morning Britain after mini-budget U-turn

GMB host Martin Lewis revealed he was 'sad' that Kwasi Kwarteng had 'chosen not to appear' on the show as he hosted o...

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about 2 years ago
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Liz Truss attack on UK workers in leaked audio - saying 'more graft' needed in Britain

In a leaked recording, Prime Minister hopeful Liz Truss suggested Brits lacked the "skill and application" of workers...

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over 2 years ago
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Rishi Sunak's Treasury spent £250k on focus groups in a single year

More than half of the sessions run by Hanbury Strategy were conducted in Tory target areas in the North, Midlands and...

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over 2 years ago
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Government blows £144,000 on professional voice artist for tax helpline

For the proposed requirement of 1,500 messages, each up to 100 words long, the contract will cost a minimum of almost...

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over 2 years ago
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Millions of workers face National Insurance hike from today amid cost of living surge

National Insurance payments are increasing by 1.25 percentage points from April 6, up from from 12% to 13.25%. But fr...

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over 2 years ago
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State pension set to hit £10,340 next year - but some retirees will get £2,400 less

The triple lock was introduced by the coalition government in 2010 to guarantee a fair rise, reduce pensioner poverty...

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over 2 years ago
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Tories branded 'party of high taxes' amid warnings households will see £3k tax hike

Labour’s analysis of the OBR figures found that on average, households will still be hit by the Chancellor’s tax rise...

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over 2 years ago
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Rishi Sunak's bank tax giveaway to soar to £7.3 billion amid bumper profits

When it was originally announced, Rishi Sunak's cut to the bank surcharge was expected to lose the exchequer £4.7 bil...

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over 2 years ago
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Only four retailers have passed the Chancellor's 5p fuel cut on to motorists

Asda, Sainsbury's and BP have all announced petrol pump reductions of 6p per litre following Rishi Sunak's decision t...

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over 2 years ago
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Minimum wage to rise next month - who qualifies and new hourly rates explained

Ministers say the pay rise amounts to £1,000 more a year for the average worker from April. However, questions have b...

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over 2 years ago
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Employees have just weeks left to claim up to £125 tax back for working from home

The 'work from home' allowance became a widespread right in April 2020 after employees were told to stay at home to c...

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over 2 years ago
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Hundreds of curry houses 'may not survive' huge £16,000 fuel and ingredients hike

Monthly electricity bills for the UK’s 8,000 Indian restaurants are up £640 to £960, from £400 to £600 last year, say...

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over 2 years ago
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More calls for Chancellor to delay tax hike amid 'worst pay squeeze in 200 years'

Once inflation is taken into account, the average worker's pay will fall by around £50 a month this year, with the hi...

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