Who will benefit from Rishi Sunak’s Universal Credit taper rate cut in the Budget?
More than 60 per cent of Universal Credit claimants will not benefit from the change and will feel the full…
ByRishi Sunak is a member of the Conservative party who became Prime Minister on 25 October 2022. Sunak has been MP for Richmond since 2015 and before becoming PM he served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 13 February 2020 to 5 July 2022. Thanks to a Fulbright scholarship, he studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Lincoln College, Oxford and did an MBA at Stanford University. Find all our latest news, comment and analysis of the UK Prime Minister here.
More than 60 per cent of Universal Credit claimants will not benefit from the change and will feel the full…
ByBeneath the surface of headline-grabbing announcements, the long legacy of austerity still cuts deep.
BySpending cuts will continue to weaken large parts of the state.
ByThe political approach that has proved lucrative for the Tories over the past decade may not be suited to the…
ByWith the Bank of England’s chief economist warning inflation could hit 5 per cent, monetary policy is about to get…
ByNew data reveals that Kickstart, extended for four months by the Chancellor this week, is not driving a fall in…
BySupport for the Prime Minister has never been higher within the Conservative Party, however shaky the ideological support for the…
ByThe differences between the Prime Minister and his Chancellor are benefiting the Tories. But it’s naive to think that will…
ByThe Chancellor is betting that a return to the old approach of austerity won’t end up with the same old…
ByAs welfare is cut again, Tory MPs are haunted by the consequences of George Osborne’s 2015 Budget.
ByAnoosh Chakelian, Stephen Bush and Ailbhe Rea look at the Conservative rebellion over foreign aid budget cuts.
Stephen Bush, Anoosh Chakelian and Ailbhe Rea review the 2021 budget announcement on the New Statesman podcast.
Reports of corporation tax hikes have sparked a row on both sides of the Commons.