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The Latest Breaking News on PM unveils five new pledges as he promises tax cuts ahead of Autumn Statement

Chancellor gives ‘pay boost for two million’ as living wage increases to £11 an hour

The Chancellor said the pay-rise would benefit the lowest-paid

Evening Standard

Hunt tries to calm Tory rebels by pledging end to ‘vicious circle’ of tax rises

Liz Truss joins rebels in vowing to vote against any tax rise in Hunt’s mini-Budget

The Independent UK

Jeremy Hunt says welfare reforms and AI could help end ‘ever-rising taxes’

Chancellor under pressure from Conservative MPs to announce tax cuts ahead of next election

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Chancellor says welfare reforms and AI could help end ‘ever-rising taxes’

Jeremy Hunt is under pressure from Conservative MPs to announce tax cuts ahead of the next election.

The Independent UK

Treasury minister rules out tax cuts amid Tory warning over burden on Britons

Andrew Griffith defended the Government as experts said parliament will have presided over the biggest set of tax rises since the 1940s.

The Independent UK

UK Treasury minister defends tax plans in face of biggest rise on record

Andrew Griffith says government will stick to spending proposals despite growing pressure to cut taxes

The Guardian - UK

Minister raises hopes of pre-election tax cuts next year

But Andrew Griffith stresses that the focus ‘right now’ must be on cutting inflation

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Sunak set to preside over biggest tax-raising parliament on record, say experts

By the time of the next general election, taxes will likely have risen to around 37% of national income, according to analysis by the IFS.

The Independent UK

Sunak silent on inheritance tax cut speculation

Rishi Sunak said that there was always ‘plenty’ of speculation about tax.

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak stays silent on inheritance tax slash speculation

Rishi Sunak declined to comment on speculation that he is drawing up plans to slash inheritance tax.

The National (Scotland)

Lib Dems rule out taxing rich in effort to woo Tory voters

Lib Dem leader says party will target Conservative voters and use energy firms’ profits and banks’ tax breaks to fund NHS

The Guardian - UK

A year after Truss’s demolition job, the UK is still in a hole

Her worst ideas were reversed, but today’s economy is similarly floundering, as Sunak prepares for his own autumn budget

The Guardian - UK

Starmer cannot offer change without backing cost-of-living plan, SNP says

Labour has been urged to back proposals including mortgage relief and a £400 energy bill rebate for households over the autumn and winter.

The Independent UK

Tax cuts ‘virtually impossible’, says Jeremy Hunt in major blow for Tory right

Chancellor insists he still faces ‘very difficult decisions’ at Budget despite better economic news

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Jeremy Hunt urged to spend on public services after inflation bolsters finances

Resolution Foundation says cuts earmarked for after election are ‘even less tenable’ now Treasury is £11.4bn better off than forecast

The Independent UK

Cash-strapped Birmingham City Council facing commissioners’ intervention – Gove

Communities Secretary Michael Gove also outlined plans for a local inquiry into how Birmingham ‘got to this position’.

The Independent UK

‘Bankrupt’ Birmingham City Council may be forced to sell off airport and library

The residents and businesses in Birmingham deserve better, said the housing secretary Michael Gove

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What is happening to local government finances and why are councils struggling?

Birmingham is set to be the latest council taken over by Government commissioners.

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LibDems to hold debate on proposed council tax rises ahead of consultation closing

THE Scottish LibDems are set to lead a Holyrood debate calling on ministers to scrap plans that could see council tax hiked by up to 22.5 in some…

Evening Standard

OPINION - Liz Truss has learned nothing, still blames everyone else

That was weird. Five days short of the one-year anniversary of her disastrous ‘mini-Budget’, Liz Truss stood behind a podium at the Institute for Government (IfG) and blamed all her problems on other people.

The National (Scotland)

Stronger taxes on UK's biggest polluters could have raised £23 billion

STRONGER action on taxing the country’s biggest polluters by the UK Government could have raised up to £23 billion last year, a report has…

The Guardian - UK

Increase benefits by inflation, top Tory urges Rishi Sunak

West Midlands mayor Andy Street says a ‘big chunk of people’ are hurting in cost of living crisis

The Independent UK

Rishi Sunak warned benefit cut would be ‘morally bankrupt and economically illiterate’

PM declines to ‘speculate’ about what will be in the November Budget when asked if he could guarantee benefits will rise with inflation

Evening Standard

Sunak declines to rule out real-terms benefits cut

Reports suggest Chancellor Jeremy Hunt could break with the norm by not raising payments in line with inflation.

The Independent UK

Tory row brews as Hunt considers squeezing benefits to fund tax cuts

Truss allies dramatically accuse chancellor of wasting chance to raise £4 billion

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