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Full list of weekly DWP benefit payment rates including Universal Credit and State Pension from April 2023

Mr Hunt vowed to "protect the most vulnerable" with the extra financial support this April

Manchester Evening News

‘It’s just not worth it’: why full-time work no longer pays in the UK

Britain has a shrinking economy and a worker shortage – so why aren’t part-time workers increasing their hours?

The Guardian - UK

Mulberry packs its bags in Bond Street after tax-free shopping blow to the West End

The fashion brand best known for its bags has hit out at the demise of tax free shopping for tourists

Evening Standard

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Liz Truss allies to put pressure on Hunt to offer tax cuts in budget

Chancellor has warned it is unlikely there will be significant tax cuts as he focuses on getting inflation down

The Independent UK

‘Peacetime’ defence budget not fit for new era of insecurity, warns Ellwood

Defence Select Committee chairman Tobias Ellwood said the Government was in denial about the scale of the challenge.

The Independent UK

Generations of Tories have hoped for growth. They never plan for it

Kept aloft by North Sea oil or privatisations, the economy under the Conservatives never got the long-term vision it needed

The Guardian - UK

Lib Dems aim to use Lee Anderson’s views as weapon to win ‘safe’ Tory seats

The Tory deputy chair, who has also criticised nurses who use food banks and migrants, could prove toxic for voters in south-east seats

The Guardian - UK

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HS2 under review as line faces delays and cost-cutting

The project could finish 12 years later than planned

Evening Standard

Nadine Dorries' gaffes and weird moments as Tory plans to quit at next election

The former Culture Secretary, who has been an MP since 2005, is the 19th Conservative MP to say they won't fight the next election, which is expected to be called next year

Daily Mirror

Treasury considering huge expansion of free childcare in England

Exclusive: plan for one- and two-year-olds would cost billions and is among options being looked at

The Guardian - UK

RMT strikes to continue, says Mick Lynch, after members reject ‘dreadful’ pay offers – as it happened

RMT general secretary says members could not accept offer he says would make railways less safe

The Guardian - UK

UK ‘not out of the woods yet’ after economy dodges recession by a whisker; Russia cuts oil output – as it happened

Latest GDP report shows that UK economy flatlined in final quarter of last year, while Russia is to cut oil production over Western price caps

The Guardian - UK

More people over 55 expect to work into their 70s before taking retirement due to cost of living

New research has found that 44% of older workers said the current economic climate has made retirement impossible.

Daily Record

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt dashes hopes of more energy support after Martin Lewis plea

The Chancellor faces pressure to act over a rise in bills in April, with the money-saving expert warning of a 'national act of harm' which could plunge another 1.7million into fuel poverty

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Wales Online

No more help with energy after April, says Hunt, when bills rise at least £1,000

Two support measures that have kept energy bills down will both end in April, and nothing extra will be announced to replace them

The Independent UK

Hunt plays down hopes of more help with energy bills in April

Lib Dems condemn comments as ‘heartless’

The Guardian - UK

UK narrowly avoids recession after figures show growth flatlining

Economy contracted in December by 0.5% after expansion of 0.1% and 0.55% in previous two months

The Independent UK

Full list of DWP revised weekly payment rates for 2023

State support for individuals rising to keep pace with inflation

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Birmingham Post

UK narrowly avoids recession as economy flatlines at end of 2022

New figures for the last quarter of 2022 show a tiny level of growth, avoiding a second quarter of decline that defines a recession

Evening Standard

GDP: No recession yet, but Britain’s not out of the woods

Break in Premier League games helps fuel economy slowdown

Daily Mirror

Energy bill rise a 'national act of harm' as energy firms hand £84BILLION to shareholders

As analysis shows five energy firms shared out £84billion to shareholders, Martin Lewis slammed Tory plans to raise the cap on energy bills and urged the Chancellor to postpone

Daily Mirror

Tories refusal to help cut bills will put greedy oil firms before hard-pressed families

Consumer champion Martin Lewis has warned that raising the cap would be an act of national self-harm at a time when so many people are struggling with the cost of living

The Guardian - UK

Truss allies’ calls for sweeping tax cuts fuel further Tory infighting

Some MPs accuse former prime minister of damaging party with her comeback weeks before budget

The Guardian - UK

Sunak and Hunt to host UK industry leaders to drum up investment

Meeting of prominent business executives will focus on creating jobs in hi-tech sectors to revive economy

The Guardian - UK

I want to work, but employers can’t cope with my disability

Letters: If Jeremy Hunt wants the ‘economically inactive’ back in the workplace, they must be offered proper support, say readers in response to an article by Frances Ryan

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