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Liz Truss dismisses Keir Starmer’s £29bn plan to freeze energy bills this winter
Liz Truss has dismissed Keir Starmer's £29 billion plan to freeze energy bills for millions of Brits this autumn, claiming it is wrong to keep "sticking plasters" on the crisis. The foreign secretary- the frontrunner in the Tory leadership…
Ministers letting Channel crossings plan ‘completely unravel’ as Navy ‘pulls…
Ministers have been accused of allowing plans to curb illegal crossings to “completely unravel" as it emerged the Navy was to axe its role in patrolling the Channel. The Ministry of Defence has reportedly told ministers that it will pull…
More than a third of Tory voters ‘don’t believe Sunak or Truss will fix social…
More than a third of Tory voters do not believe the next Prime Minister will finally fix the social care crisis, a survey has found. Fresh polling from retirement specialist Just Group finds that 2019 electon Conservative voters are backing…
Energy bills may pass £100 a WEEK in bleakest forecast of crisis so far
Energy bills could rise even higher than previously feared, reaching nearly £5,500 in the spring, experts warned - as Tory favourite Liz Truss faces pressure to come clean on how she'll handle the crisis. Forecasters said that if gas…
How much will train fares rise? What we know as major announcement due tomorrow
Train passengers are already wading through a wave of strikes - with the next one starting this Thursday.Now a major announcement tomorrow will give the first clue to how high rail fares could soar in the coming year. The bad news is that…
Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss face grilling from Tory members tonight as pay spirals down
Tory leadership hopefuls Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak are set to be grilled by party members tonight in the seventh official hustings in the contest to replace lame duck Boris Johnson. The showdown comes with just two weeks remaining in the…
Labour must target young Scottish voters to win the next election, report reveals
Labour must appeal to young Scottish professionals and families in order to win an outright majority at the next election, a Labour-linked think tank says today. Research from the Fabian Society shows Labour has been making progress in…
Are you getting paid enough for the work you do? Have your say
Though the past few months of staggering oil prices, inflation warnings, and now recession have brought the high cost of working and living in the UK into sharp relief - is this anything new? The past decade has seen widespread private…
DWP cuts record number of Universal Credit claimants’ benefits in Tory crackdown
Record numbers of Brits are having their Universal Credit cut or stopped after numbers exploded in a Tory crackdown.Charities today warned people “need these payments to live” after 110,000 claimants were being sanctioned by the Jobcentre…
Workers’ pay falls at record levels as Tories ‘have lost control of the economy’
The Tories have been accused of "losing control" of the economy as fresh statistics show real-terms pay has fallen by a record 3%.Figures from the Office for National Statistics paint a bleak picture of a deepening cost of living crisis…
