Living wage to rise and tougher rules on benefits, chancellor to confirm
Sunday, 1 October 2023 Chancellor Jeremy Hunt will reiterate the government's commitments to make benefits sanctions harsher in a speech today - while also committing to raising the national living wage above £11 an hour.
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt used his speech to confirm plans to increase the national living wage for over-23s to at least £11 an hour and impose tougher conditions on benefits.
But alongside that he will look again at the benefit sanctions regime to make it harder for people to claim welfare while...
Shadow science secretary Peter Kyle has insisted every one of Labour's policies will be “fully costed and fully funded” after Chancellor Jeremy Hunt accused Labour of resorting to "playground politics".
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Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt accused Labour of using “playground politics” to distract debate from the "biggest divide in British politics” as he gave a speech about tax cuts in central London on Friday.
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Jeremy Hunt has said it is "encouraging" that ONS figures show the UK economy has grown by 0.6% between January and March. The chancellor argues that Labour is the party "gaslighting" the public by saying everything is "going wrong with the British economy" and that the latest statistics show Britain's longer term prospects are "significant". Report by Brooksl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
Jeremy Hunt linked the move to increase the national living wage to over £11 an hour with renewed Government efforts to get people back into the workplace.
The Chancellor said: “To people on..
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