All the updated news related to spring statement

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Chancellor has made an ‘historic mistake’ and families will suffer, says Labour

Rachel Reeves has accused Rishi Sunak of “making an historic mistake” by failing to scrap a tax hike on jobs, warning families will “endure significant hardship” within days. The shadow chancellor told MPs about “Alice In Sunak-land” and described ...

23 Mar 2022 at 15:55

Johnson hints at more help to ease cost-of-living crisis

Boris Johnson promised more help for families struggling with rising prices and bills as Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s spring statement was criticised for failing to go far enough to protect living standards. The Prime Minister said the cost-of-living ...

24 Mar 2022 at 10:25

Average UK house price £24,000 higher than a year earlier

The average house price in January was £24,000 higher than a year earlier – and in some areas people would typically need around 36 times their annual earnings to buy a home. Annual house price growth eased slightly to 9.6% in January, from 10....

23 Mar 2022 at 11:55

Fuel prices hit new records ahead of spring statement

Pump prices hit new record highs ahead of Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s potential announcement of a fuel duty cut in his spring statement. Figures from data firm Experian Catalist show the average cost of a litre of petrol at UK forecourts on ...

23 Mar 2022 at 11:55

Chancellor expected to announce fuel duty cut in spring statement

Pressure is building on Rishi Sunak to unveil new plans to help struggling households as he is set to vow to “stand by” British families amid the deepening cost of living crisis. The Chancellor, who will deliver his spring statement on ...

23 Mar 2022 at 02:25

Four out of five motorists want cut duty or VAT cut on fuel – poll

Four out of five motorists want the Chancellor to cut duty or VAT on fuel, a new survey suggests. An RAC poll of 2,000 drivers questioned between Friday and Monday indicated that 83% want Rishi Sunak to help reduce the impact of ...

23 Mar 2022 at 01:25

Chancellor under fire for failing to top up benefits in line with inflation

The Chancellor is accused of being “woefully out of touch with the reality facing millions of families” after he failed to announce an uprating of benefits in his spring statement. Paul Johnson, director of the Institute for ...

23 Mar 2022 at 19:25

Higher benefits uprating should be the Chancellor’s ‘top policy priority’

Higher benefits uprating will provide four times more support to low-to-middle-income households than cancelling the national insurance increase, according to new analysis. Uprating benefits by a further five percentage ...

21 Mar 2022 at 01:25

Labour: Older people ‘risk being at the sharp end of the cost of living crisis’

Older people “risk being at the sharp end of the cost of living crisis”, Labour has warned as it argued working pensioners may be almost £1,500 worse off over the next couple of years. The party will use an Opposition ...

20 Mar 2022 at 23:55

Lack of low-income support pushes 1.3 million into poverty, think tank says

The lack of support for low-income families in the Chancellor’s spring statement leaves more than one million Britons on the verge of “absolute poverty”, a think tank has said. Resolution Foundation, a living ...

24 Mar 2022 at 08:55

Chancellor urged to go further as ‘unwelcome’ cost of living records are broken

22 Mar 2022 at 23:25

Northern Ireland

Chancellor urged to cut VAT and duty on fuel by DUP leader

DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson has called on the Chancellor to cut VAT and excise duty on diesel and petrol to help families struggling with the cost-of-living crisis. Sir Jeffrey was joined by other ...

22 Mar 2022 at 12:55

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