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The Energy Price Guarantee will be slashed from April 1 as the Chancellor Jeremy Hunt refuses to rule out a new era of austerity - and says 'we will be asking everyone for sacrifices' in his Autumn budget statement

Ministers have vowed to crack down on an "outrageous waste" of public money in Thursday's autumn budget

French senator Nathalie Goulet and former European football boss Michel Platini are among some 100 people whose private data was hacked following criticism of Qatar, an investigation by British journalists has revealed. The Qatari government denies it has played any part in commissioning the eavesdropping.

Gavin Williamson is still in his job amid bullying claims as Rishi Sunak's spokesman claimed he had an 'important contribution to make' - despite not being able to say what his job is, and Keir Starmer suggesting he should be sacked

The PM’s official spokesman said at the time Mr Sunak was not aware of the ‘substance’ of the messages sent by Sir Gavin to the then chief whip Wendy Morton

Mr Williamson is facing an investigation over a series of abusive messages he sent to the then Tory chief whip over the Queen's funeral

PM said to have been informed of the complaint against Williamson before giving him a cabinet role

Cabinet Office minister Gavin Williamson accused Wendy Morton of withholding invitations to the Queen’s funeral to ‘punish’ out-of-favour MPs

Angry at not being invited to the Queen’s funeral, minister sent string of abusive texts