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Britain facing cuts after Reeves rules out tax raid

The chancellor has insisted she can stick to manifesto spending pledges as experts question her grasp of the nation’s finances

The Independent UK

Two-child benefit cap: How much is it worth and what will families get if Labour scrap it?

Campaigners warn child poverty could deepen under the Labour government, unless the two-child cap is lifted

The Independent UK

UK housing crisis sees renters hit hardest by rising bills

The government is trying to ease an acute housing shortage that has pushed up rents and prices in recent years

The Independent UK

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How more pensioners could be eligible for winter fuel payment after government U-turn

Undoing last year’s policy change would wipe out the £1.5 billion in savings

The Independent UK

How might Starmer make more pensioners eligible for the winter fuel payment?

There are several options for how the Government could go about it.

Evening Standard

Starmer’s Immigration Plan Slammed for Ignoring Exploited Migrant Workers – “A Kick in the Teeth”

Migrant workers in Britain have long faced some of the toughest conditions in the workforce, and recent research from the Resolution Foundation confirms it.

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Chancellor Reeves warned of ‘tough’ trade-offs ahead of spending review

A report from the Resolution Foundation suggests that the Government should focus spending in areas such as health and housing.

Evening Standard

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Britons ‘to be £400 worse off’ due to Reeves’ tax hikes - despite pledge to boost pockets by £500

The Resolution Foundation’s warning is the latest blow to Rachel Reeves as her spring statement continues to face scrutiny

The Independent UK

Working age households predicted to be £400 worse off on average in year ahead

Households face a ‘triple hit’ from tax, utility bill increases, and benefits failing to keep up with living costs, the Resolution Foundation said.

Evening Standard

Reeves on a double knife edge as she could be forced to order ‘blockbuster’ tax rises, say experts

Critics said her future as chancellor is under threat as a result of errors she has made since taking charge of the economy last year

The Independent UK

Reeves’s statement will leave poorest £500 a year worse off, thinktank finds

Resolution Foundation says ‘outlook for living standards remains bleak’ after chancellor’s cuts to welfare

The Guardian - UK

Carmaker shares slide after Trump’s 25% tariff; British Steel proposes closing Scunthorpe blast furnaces – as it happened

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Think tank forecasts lower-income households to be £500 a year worse off by 2030

Rachel Reeves has received criticism from unions and political opponents after she cut welfare and squeezed Whitehall budgets in her spring statement.

The Independent UK

Reeves vows not to shy away from economic challenges amid statement criticism

The Chancellor warned there would be ‘no quick solutions’ to fix Britain’s financial woes.

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UK Is Finally Updating Their Child Benefit Policies: Here's What You Should Know

The UK government is exploring updates to its Child Benefit policy, aiming to lessen the impact of the current two-child limit without full removal due to cost.

The National (Scotland)

UK Government warned not to 'push more families into hardship', at poverty summit

THE UK Government has been warned not to “push even more families into hardship” by imposing austerity cuts, ahead of a poverty summit at…

Evening Standard

Starmer told there is ‘nothing moral’ about his £5bn welfare cuts

Veteran Labour MP Diane Abbott challenged Sir Keir Starmer over the reforms at Prime Minister’s Questions.

The National (Scotland)

Who is Torsten Bell? The DWP minister who admitted he can't live on £70 per week

TORSTEN Bell is the Labour MP for Swansea West and the Minister for Pensions in the Department for Work and Pensions.

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Evening Standard

Minister insists ‘most people’ see need for welfare reform in face of backlash

The Resolution Foundation said some people will feel a ‘really significant income loss’ as a result of the changes.

The Independent UK

Chancellor should raise taxes not cut spending to meet fiscal rules – think tank

Rachel Reeves faces a challenge to meet her fiscal rules amid faltering growth and higher borrowing costs.

The Guardian - UK

Starmer to drive through welfare cuts that could affect UK’s most severely disabled

PM faces backlash over plans to tighten eligibility, potentially leaving over 600,000 claimants £675 a month worse off

The Guardian - UK

Parents of under-fives may be exempted from UK’s two-child benefit limit

Exclusive: Ministers considering options to bring down child poverty without removing rule entirely

The National (Scotland)

Labour to plunge record number of children into poverty, think tank warns

LABOUR’S proposed benefits cuts will take child poverty to levels not seen for nearly 30 years, experts have warned.

The Independent UK

Credible child poverty strategy must see two-child limit axed, says think tank

The Resolution Foundation warned the Government: ‘It’s time to move on from warm words and start cutting child poverty.’

The Independent UK

Starmer warned child poverty will hit all-time high if two-child benefit cap not scrapped

The prime minister has been urged to rethink the Tory-era benefit cap after the Resolution Foundation said his strategy to tackle child poverty will lack credibility if it remains in place

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