Budget: One million more people could be living in hardship by May, Rishi Sunak warned

Budget: One million more people could be living in hardship by May, Rishi Sunak warned

‘This isn’t right — we shouldn’t be leaving anyone out of the recovery’

The Independent UK

SNP call on Rishi Sunak to keep Universal Credit payment for 400,000 Scots

SNP call on Rishi Sunak to keep Universal Credit payment for 400,000 Scots

Ahead of the UK budget on Wednesday the SNP demanded the chancellor to keep the £20 increase in benefit and called for Labour to commit to back a permanent rise.

Sunak’s Budget to be ‘triple hammer blow’ to Covid recovery, claims Labour

Sunak’s Budget to be ‘triple hammer blow’ to Covid recovery, claims Labour

Chancellor Rishi Sunak says he will be ‘levelling with people’ on need for belt-tightening to rein in debt

The Independent UK

Gordon Brown urges Rishi Sunak to come up with ambitious plan to help young and jobless

EXCLUSIVE: The Labour heavyweight said the Chancellor must boost jobs for young people and the long-term unemployed to help restore the economy

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Budget 2021: Ten things Scots can expect from Rishi Sunak's covid recovery Budget

When the chancellor opens the battered budget briefcase on Wednesday he will try to focus on creating jobs and encouraging growth but will also have to come up with an answer on paying for the coronavirus crisis.

Labour finance chief declines to say if £20 Universal Credit boost should be permanent

Shadow Chancellor Anneliese Dodds said the £20-a-week should be extended for now, but in the long term there needed to be "radical reform" instead