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Sign up to the Inside Politics email for your free daily briefing on the biggest stories in UK politics Get our free Inside Politics email More than half of Britons (55 per cent) believe an organised campaign of non-payment of energy bills is justified if prices rocket upwards as forecast this winter, according to a […] More
Gordon Brown has warned that children will be forced to attend school “ill-clad and undernourished” if the government does not act now to support people through the cost-of-living crisis.The former Labour prime minister urged the government to prioritise putting foward a fresh package of support for families before the winter arrives “no matter what’s happening in the leadership programme”.Speaking to Sky News, Mr Brown warned there is “no doubt people will go hungry in October” – adding that if the government was to leave its intervention until November or December, “pensioners will have to choose between feeding their gas meters or feeding themselves”. More
Sign up to the Inside Politics email for your free daily briefing on the biggest stories in UK politics Get our free Inside Politics email Former chancellor Rishi Sunak has said he will provide vulnerable households with “hundreds of pounds more” to help with energy bills if he becomes prime minister. His comment came just […] More
Sign up to the Inside Politics email for your free daily briefing on the biggest stories in UK politics Get our free Inside Politics email Culture secretary Nadine Dorries has been accused of being part of “terrorist campaign” to discredit the inquiry into whether Boris Johnson misled parliament on Partygate. Senior Conservative MP Sir Bernard Jenkin […] More
Gordon Brown says Liz Truss’ proposed tax cuts ‘don’t help people who need the help’ More
Sign up to the Inside Politics email for your free daily briefing on the biggest stories in UK politics Get our free Inside Politics email Jacob Rees-Mogg’s most recent attack on civil service waste included a now-deleted photo of empty desks within his own department. The government efficiency minister wrote an article claiming civil service […] More
Sign up to the Inside Politics email for your free daily briefing on the biggest stories in UK politics Get our free Inside Politics email Tory leadership frontrunner Liz Truss today refused to offer immediate help with rocketing energy bills, amid mounting clamour for an emergency budget. Asked repeatedly in a TV interview whether she […] More
Sign up to the Inside Politics email for your free daily briefing on the biggest stories in UK politics Get our free Inside Politics email New figures show UK energy bills are expected to reach over £4,000 in January, with the cost of living crisis expected to mount through the autumn and winter months. Pollsters […] More
