New data shows families with disabled children, and single parents with offspring under the age of three facing financial hardship Keir Starmer is facing new …
Live, rolling coverage of business, economics and financial markets as government faces calls to renew energy bills help for poorest households It is a busy …
Ministers urged to intervene as households in line for another winter of squeezed budgets Business live – latest updates Great Britain’s energy price cap has …
Keir Starmer will face discontent from unions and MPs at the National Policy Forum in Nottingham Keir Starmer faces battles over the two-child benefit cap …
Shadow chancellor says an incoming Labour government could not afford to axe benefit cap because of ‘dire economic inheritance’ In her Today interview Rachel Reeves …
Commitment to keep controversial policy has opened splits ahead of national party meeting Keir Starmer’s decision not to scrap the two-child benefit cap if Labour …
Yvette Cooper, shadow home secretary, says party could only promise things it can afford as report says benefit caps cause ‘extreme hardship’ Supermarket bosses will …
Leader says party in power will stick with Tory policy seen as driving low-income families into deeper poverty Keir Starmer has confirmed that a Labour …
Exclusive: Move penalises courses with a high proportion of working-class or minority ethnic students, critics say Rishi Sunak will force universities to limit the number …
Campaigners say many households may miss out on state help after closure of energy price guarantee Ofgem’s energy price cap cut: how the changes affect …
Minister hints at government uncertainty as Jacob Rees-Mogg warns against ‘sly’ reintroduction of charges Consumers are in line to pay an extra £170 in green …
Consumers told not expect ‘deluge of cut-price offers’ as firms bring back more competitive fixed deals Price cap cut: how the changes affect youBusiness live: …
Consumers still paying almost twice as much for gas and electricity than in October 2021 despite lowering of Ofgem’s cap Britain’s energy price cap cut: …
Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, with energy regulator lowers energy bills for typical households Full story: Millions will face fuel poverty …
Treasury will keep energy price guarantee at current levels until end of June, meaning typical annual household bill will remain at £2,500 Jeremy Hunt makes …
Chancellor reportedly planning to increase £40,000 annual limit and lifetime allowance Jeremy Hunt is reportedly planning to give middle-class professionals a pensions boost in next …
Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, with Ofgem due to report how high energy bills would be without current government support Jeremy …
Three-month subsidy widely welcomed but passengers may need longer-term incentives to use routes A temporary £2 cap on fares that the government hopes will reinvigorate …
SNP’s Kirsten Oswald says PM should scrap policies, including the controversial ‘rape clause’, to lift 500,000 out of poverty Rishi Sunak has been urged to …
Prime minister says stopping people crossing Channel in small boats is his ‘most pressing priority’ Rishi Sunak has restated his promise to cut overall migration …
Department considers making policy announcement in autumn statement rather than waiting until spring The Treasury is considering raising the energy cap from its current level …
European Union leaders are struggling to find immediate practical solutions on how to deal with the energy crisis but avoid an open rift between Germany …