The state pension is under increasing pressure as payments could soon reach £13,000 a year. Payments are increasing 4.1% in ...

The UK government has been ... hike in a bid to “avoid inflation-busting increases” to council tax. Finance Secretary Shona Robison has called on Labour ministers to fully fund the more ...

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A 3.7% uplift would see the full new state pension rise from £230.25 a week to £238.75 a week, or £12,415 a year, marking an ...

The UK government has been urged to rethink an “unacceptable” offer to offset national insurance hikes for Scotland’s public ...

Birmingham councillors waved through inflation-busting pay rises for themselves while approving 'brutal' cuts to services and a 7.5 per cent council tax rise for residents. The Labour-run ...

Councils are warning they are in a perilous financial position - and might still be forced to slash services - despite being granted inflation ... Trafford are all under Labour control.

It added: 'The labour market has continued ... But, it added: 'While tariffs are likely to lower UK economic activity, the overall effect on UK inflation is unclear. 'Both the size and the ...

Pensioners accumulated untold levels of wealth under the Conservatives ... box three times in a row during this period. But with Labour now in charge, boom time for boomers has passed.

Reform UK's ... hard by Labour's mismanagement". "Sadly, their disastrous Budget is likely to mean fewer rate cuts this year than previously anticipated," he says. He adds that under new ...