Many younger people, struggling with high rents, student loans and low wages, are scratching their heads about why the government has decided to throw billions…
View More Millennial generation despairs of being able to afford to retireTag: Budget 2023
Jeremy Hunt accused of ‘£20bn gamble’ on nuclear energy and carbon capture
Jeremy Hunt has been accused of wagering a “dangerous gamble on unproven technologies” in an effort to decarbonise Britain’s energy industry after ploughing more than…
View More Jeremy Hunt accused of ‘£20bn gamble’ on nuclear energy and carbon captureBudget 2023: what it means for people on a range of incomes
Single Low income 2022/23 James, 24, works 35 hours a week for a cafe and is paid the minimum wage of £9.50 an hour, or…
View More Budget 2023: what it means for people on a range of incomesJeremy Hunt makes U-turn on planned cut to energy support
The Treasury has performed a U-turn on a planned cut to energy support for households after warnings that it would plunge many thousands more homes…
View More Jeremy Hunt makes U-turn on planned cut to energy supportHow to read the news like a mathematician – from the budget and HS2 to Covid and sport
These days, keeping up with the news can sometimes feel like a maths exam. We face a constant barrage of figures, whether through national budgets,…
View More How to read the news like a mathematician – from the budget and HS2 to Covid and sportExtra costs for customers on prepayment meters to be scrapped in budget
Prepayment meter customers will no longer be charged more to receive their energy under reforms to be announced in the budget. The chancellor is to…
View More Extra costs for customers on prepayment meters to be scrapped in budgetJeremy Hunt’s budget to announce £20bn funding to cut carbon emissions
The chancellor is poised to announce a £20bn investment in technology to reduce Britain’s carbon emissions at next week’s budget, in a riposte to Joe…
View More Jeremy Hunt’s budget to announce £20bn funding to cut carbon emissions