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Rishi Sunak hints he’ll squeeze benefits to pay for tax cuts
This Mothers’ Day several women started a hunger strike outside parliament to protest rising food costs and pressures on family budgets.
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“I’m terrified” – welfare claimants fear plans for tougher benefits rules
The chancellor will set out the government’s spending plans next week in his autumn statement – including tougher rules for benefit claimants.
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What are the health benefits of expanding ULEZ to outer London?
There’s also been an almighty row recently over the expansion of ULEZ – Ultra Low Emissions Zone to cover the whole of London. What are the health benefits?
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Increase in benefits can help protect women from sex work says Labour MP
A ban on strip clubs has been announced by Edinburgh Council, which says the venues disempower women. But today the United Sex Workers union began a legal challenge of the decision. The union says it would force over 100 women out of work and potentially into more dangerous situations. We spoke to Labour MP Nadia…
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Raising benefits in line with inflation ‘needs to be done,’ says former Tory party leader Iain Duncan Smith
One of the senior Tories calling for benefits to be uprated in line with inflation is the party’s former leader Iain Duncan Smith.
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22 million people could be affected, as PM won’t commit to raising benefits in line with inflation
The Prime Minister has refused to commit to raising benefits in line with inflation, despite growing pressure from senior Tory MPs – including a former party leader and a member of her own cabinet.
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What happens if the government does not raise benefits in-line with inflation?
If the government decides not to raise benefits in line with inflation to deal with the effects of last week’s mini-Budget, it could amount to the largest permanent real-terms cut to the basic rate of benefits in history, anti-poverty groups have warned.
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Benefits must be ‘urgently’ uprated in line with inflation, Trussell Trust policy director says
We spoke to Garry Lemon from the Trussell Trust, which supports a network of over 1,200 food banks across the UK.
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FactCheck: the government’s four dubious ‘Benefits of Brexit’
Two of the policies could have happened when the UK was in the EU – and two of them did.
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The benefits and risks of the Pfizer vaccine in kids and adults
Our FactCheck reporter Georgina Lee explains the benefits and risks of vaccinating both children and adults with the Pfizer jab.
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Some households face ‘very difficult winter’ as fuel bills rise and benefits fall, says Kwarteng
After crisis talks, the government has reached a deal with an American company to supply CO2 gas to food and drink companies.
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European regulator says benefits of AstraZeneca jab outweigh risks
The EU’s medicines regulator has said that the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine should continue to be used because its benefits far outweigh its risks. A final ruling is expected on Thursday, but the European Medicines Agency has been alarmed that at least 12 European nations have suspended the use of the vaccine after a small number of…
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‘Just about starting to see the benefits’ of lockdown, says Academy of Medical Royal Colleges chair
Prof Helen Stokes-Lampard is chair of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges.
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‘You don’t solve a problem by increasing benefits, but it is an important first step’- Labour MP Siobhain McDonagh
We were joined by Labour MP Siobhain McDonagh, who supports the extension of free meal provision during the school holidays and Conservative MP Danny Kruger, who voted against the Labour motion in parliament last month.
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Lockdown life even harder for those barred from benefits
Asylum seekers and people on student visas or spousal visas have no access to public funds, which is a condition of their residency.
