HISTORICAL FACTS: 7 - Caught on Camera

Double-digit pay rises for public sector workers not inflationary – think tank

The Institute for Public Policy Research says public sector staff should be offered a 10.5% rise.

The Independent UK · Jul 17, 2023

Tony Blair urges expanded role for private sector as NHS turns 75

Former PM says service needs radical reform, including pointing patients to private healthcare offers

The Guardian - UK · Jul 5, 2023

UK economy in growth ‘doom loop’ after decades of underinvestment

Institute for Public Policy Research points to £500bn-plus underspend compared with other advanced economies

The Guardian - UK · Jun 19, 2023

900 Afghans crossed Channel this year but ‘many will be abandoned under lllegal Migration Bill’ - thinktank

The majority of small boat crossings in 2023 were made by Afghan nationals

Evening Standard · Apr 24, 2023

Higher earners in Scotland to pay more tax from today as new laws come into force

With the beginning of the new financial year, the tax changes, which ministers have claimed would raise an extra £129 million in 2023-24, laid out in the budget have come to fruition.

Edinburgh Live · Apr 6, 2023

Boost the economy by offering routine NHS surgery at the weekend – report

Analysists have said that helping people return to work or increase their hours could boost the economy by billions.

The Independent UK · Apr 3, 2023

‘Dystopian’ surveillance ‘disproportionately targets young, female and minority workers’

Thinktank calls on UK government for stronger regulation to protect workers from intrusive monitoring

The Guardian - UK · Mar 26, 2023

DWP claimants in North East more likely to be sanctioned than other parts of country

Report by IPPR calls for sanctioning to be suspended during the cost of living crisis

Chronicle Live · Mar 23, 2023

Benefit sanctions regime should be suspended during cost of living crisis, ministers told

The demand from the IPPR think-tank comes a week after the Chancellor Jeremy Hunt warned in the Budget that the Tory Government would apply benefit sanctions more 'rigorously'

Daily Mirror · Mar 22, 2023

Going ahead with tougher sanctions for benefit claimants ‘foolish and unfair’

A think tank warned that more people on social security are at risk of hardship and destitution if their payments are cut.

The Independent UK · Mar 22, 2023