What does it mean when a council declares bankruptcy?
Local governments across England are worried about their finances, and we should be too.
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Conservative Environment Network: the government must attract green investment, not deter it
To balanced the nation’s books, the Chancellor needs to accelerate efforts to reach net zero.
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The Chancellor’s funding won’t treat the NHS’s financial headache
The extra billions pledged are welcome, but will not be enough to fix significant problems across health and social care.
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The Chancellor takes me back to 2013, Watership Down and being in love
In growth terms we are being taken back a decade – as I struggle with Microsoft Teams I wonder whether…
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Cash-strapped councils “not out of the woods” after Jeremy Hunt’s Autumn Statement
There needs to be a long-term funding plan to protect services, says the Local Government Association.
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Brexit is back. Will it help or hinder Rishi Sunak?
The proposed "Swiss-style" deal will anger some Tory backbenchers, but also show that the Prime Minister is prepared to take…
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Don’t the Conservatives understand there is a childcare crisis?
If the Tories want growth, they need to acknowledge what is keeping so many women from working.
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The Grey Recession
Pensions are supposed to be the most sensible part of the economy, but in an ageing society they are creating…
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How benefits have plummeted in value
Those on unemployment benefit now receive just 10 per cent of what the average worker earns.
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Labour needs a radical alternative to Jeremy Hunt’s wages of misery
As ever more workers take strike action to defend their living standards, Labour must be on their side.
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“It could’ve been a lot worse”: Martin Lewis on the Autumn Statement
The money-saving expert says next year will be difficult for millions, but that his worst fears of benefits cuts have…
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The Autumn Statement was an elegy from a Conservative Party in mourning
While Labour is setting the terms of the next election, the Tories are unable to move on from the legacy…
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The UK has become the sick man of Europe again
Britain’s economy is forecast to perform worse than any other in Europe next year.
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What does the Autumn Statement mean for levelling up?
Avoiding the most dire predictions, the Chancellor still announced a fiscal policy that will only serve to level down.
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Businesses are at a “cliff edge” – and the Autumn Statement hasn’t helped
The British Chambers of Commerce director-general says Hunt has ignored the private sector’s biggest concerns.
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Living standards will fall by the biggest amount on record and the tax burden will reach the highest level since…
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Jeremy Hunt’s political balancing act won’t satisfy an angry public
The Chancellor blamed global forces for the UK’s economic crisis, but people know there’s more to the story.
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The UK is facing a living standards catastrophe
It is hard to think of a worse economic backdrop for a party planning a general election in 2024.
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Jeremy Hunt’s Autumn Statement was a George Osborne tribute
The problem for the Chancellor is that, unlike in 2010, the economic crisis happened on the Tories’ watch.
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The Tories are trapped with no good options
A record 7 per cent fall in living standards will hurt the public – and the government’s popularity.
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