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August 2024 dates for benefits and pensions payments as Labour pledges to tackle cost of living
The Independent via Yahoo Canada News· 2 hours agoHave you struggled with the DWP’s customer service recently or to contact them at all? Get in touch...
Reeves’ Fiscal Discipline Tested by UK Calls on Pay, Benefits
Bloomberg via Yahoo Canada News· 9 hours ago(Bloomberg) -- Just over two weeks into the job, UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves is...
Covid: Jeremy Hunt apologises for pandemic 'groupthink'
BBC News· 19 hours agoJeremy Hunt has apologised "unreservedly" to the families of people who died due to Covid-19, after...
Labour promises to boost pension pots by £11,000 - but how?
The i newspaper online iNews· 19 hours agoThe Chancellor has claimed Labour will bring in new laws to boost pension pots by more than £11,000....
Rachel Reeves hints at above inflation public sector pay rises
Stroud News and Journal· 20 hours agoReports which first appeared in The Times suggest independent pay review bodies have recommended the 5.5% rise for teachers and around 1.3 million NHS staff. Speaking to the BBC, the Chancellor ...
Tory leadership: Suella Braverman's 'cranks' jibe sparks warning over 'blue-on-blue' attacks
Sky News via Yahoo Canada News· 21 hours agoVoters want a party that "isn't going to fight like cats in a sack", a prominent Tory has said as he...
Britain's Treasury chief vows to run the economy with 'iron discipline' amid demands for pay raises
Winnipeg Sun· 21 hours agoBritain’s new Treasury chief said Sunday she will run the economy with “iron discipline,” but...
Hunt apologises for pandemic failings in wake of Covid inquiry report
Stroud News and Journal· 21 hours agoIn its first report, published on Thursday, the inquiry found the former government had “failed” the public due to “significant flaws” in preparing for a pandemic. On Sunday, Mr Hunt ...
Conduct Tory leadership bid ‘with civility’, Lord Houchen urges Braverman
Stroud News and Journal· 22 hours agoMs Braverman, who is believed to be preparing a leadership bid, said the party could do better than becoming “a collection of fanatical, irrelevant, centrist cranks”. Lord Houchen was asked ...
Minister warns of cost of failing to strike public sector pay deal amid reports of proposed 5.5%...
Sky News via Yahoo Canada News· 23 hours agoA Treasury minister has said there is a cost to not striking a deal on public sector pay in the face...