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Average incomes for richest and poorest fell during first year of lockdown

Income inequality fell slightly in the first year of coronavirus lockdown measures, as the average disposable incomes of the richest and poorest fifth of UK households both fell. While the fifth richest households saw a reduction of £957 in their ...

28 Mar 2022 at 13:25

Report warns ‘porous safety net’ leaving society’s poorest close to destitution

People receiving unemployment benefit on its own are receiving only slightly more than would tip them into destitution, a report has warned. The welfare system is “almost unrecognisable” to that created after the Second World War following ...

19 Jan 2022 at 01:26

City

Ladbrokes claimed £102m from furlough scheme despite roaring online trade

Bookmaker Ladbrokes claimed nearly £102 million from the furlough scheme, despite seeing soaring sales in online bets during the pandemic. According to accounts published on Companies House, the company made claims of £57.5 million in ...

07 Jan 2022 at 11:55

City

Efforts to recoup billions in wrongly claimed furlough cash ‘woeful’, claim MPs

Efforts to recover the £2.3 billion of taxpayer cash wrongly paid to employers claiming Covid furlough support for staff who continued to work has been “woeful” and will fail to deter potential future criminals, MPs have warned. The ...

08 Mar 2023 at 13:37

Sunak apologises to bereaved families as he appears before Covid inquiry

The Prime Minister said he is “deeply sorry to all those who lost loved ones” during the pandemic as he opened his day-long evidence to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry. Rishi Sunak told chairwoman Baroness Hallett it is “important that we ...

11 Dec 2023 at 12:19

Covid furlough scheme lost billions of pounds to error and fraud, says watchdog

Billions of pounds awarded as part of Covid-19 employment support schemes were lost in fraud and error, a public spending watchdog has warned. The National Audit Office has criticised the Government for not doing more to prevent ...

13 Oct 2022 at 07:53

Government urged to fund £1,000 grants for green re-fitting of homes

The UK Government has been urged to fund grants of £1,000 per person to help with re-fitting homes and businesses to deal with the energy crisis, a think tank has said. Our Scottish Future, set up by former prime minister ...

09 Nov 2022 at 01:01

Not all jobs could be saved in Covid but ‘mass unemployment’ prevented – Sunak

Not all jobs could be saved during the Covid-19 pandemic but the government prevented “mass unemployment”, Rishi Sunak has told the Covid inquiry. The former prime minister also said he was advised by medical officials ...

15 Dec 2025 at 17:12

Covid inquiry hears from businesses as it begins examining economic response

The Covid-19 inquiry has heard from people who struggled to stay afloat during the pandemic as it turns to examining the economic impact of the lockdowns and the success of the government’s support schemes. Business ...

24 Nov 2025 at 16:54

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