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Millions of vulnerable people will be harmed without radical policies to ease cost of living crisis, say experts

Only the Resolution Foundation’s idea of a social tariff for low-income households would direct support where it’s most needed

Both candidates offered eye-catching policies to woo local Tory voters, even as the cost-of-living crisis overshadows the contest.

A social tariff could help millions through a painful winter, the Resolution Foundation said.

People around the country are worried about how they will afford bills of £6,000 a year, about having to choose either heating or eating, about their jobs, their homes and their health

The UK is heading into the greatest cost of living crisis in living memory. Looming energy price rises are going to drive huge swathes of the population into fuel poverty, and none of the proposals being put forward by our political parties at Westminster or in Scotland or Wales are…

The former chancellor vowed to prioritise the battle against inflation while his rival advocates tax cuts.

Business day at party’s autumn conference will give lobbyists and CEOs access to senior ministers, raising ethics concerns

The SNP have urged Tory leadership frontrunner Liz Truss to rule out offering a return to government for “anti-devolution” peer David Frost.

A study has found 77 per cent of Britons think the government is doing too little to help people struggling with the cost-of-living crisis.

Health groups welcomed the recognition that the social care sector is underfunded and failing to provide appropriate care for patients, but warned against further cutting ‘already squeezed NHS budgets’