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Polling suggests rural voters feel no party understands them, but are starting to look to Labour after 13 years of the Conservatives.

Help available as more than 10m Britons struggling with bills, according to new study

Britain’s Treasury chief says he would be prepared to see the British economy slip back into recession if further interest rate hikes are necessary to bring down inflation

It is not something you hear a Chancellor say every day, not least 12 to 18 months out from a general election. Asked if he was “comfortable with the Bank of England doing whatever it takes to bring down inflation, even if that potentially would precipitate a recession”, Jeremy Hunt…

The Bank of England has hiked interest rates repeatedly to tackle inflation - in a hit to mortgage payers - and experts have warned they could raise them higher than the current 4.5% next month

Chancellor will back Bank of England’s decisions because ‘inflation is a source of instability’

Former culture secretary says prime ministerial diaries ‘are frequently wrong’

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has backed interest rate hikes being used to calm soaring inflation even if they increase the risk of pushing the UK into…

Chancellor says “only path to sustainable growth” is to bring down high prices behind cost of living crisis, as mortgage rates climb