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Workers losing total of £1.5bn a month as a result of chronic illness, think-tank finds
IFS analysis shows reforms led to sharp increase in British households living in financial hardship
Almost half a million fewer people were in paid work in first quarter than before pandemic
In a tight labour market, employers must make a costly, precarious childcare market their problem too
Institute for Fiscal Studies estimates higher earners will pay back £20,000 less over their lifetimes
Government guidance for below-inflation pay rise will leave many public sector workers worse off
Chancellor focuses support towards working families and middle- and high-income earners
Price rises and freeze on thresholds provide unexpected boost to exchequer but come as cost of living bites
Rising inflation is eroding departmental budgets and worsening the cost-of-living crisis
Sweeping changes to university funding leave graduates — and parents — with difficult choices
Rising taxes and inflation are pushing young people further up the risk curve
Number of families spending more than 10% of disposable income on gas and electricity is set to double to 5mn
Ruling out so many potential candidates at a time of staff shortages is irrational
The government has big ambitions but is only halfheartedly matching them with its wallet
Think-tanks suggest chancellor’s measures will not prevent squeeze on disposable incomes
Further education spending still 10% lower than 2010 levels
IFS urges Sunak to review rules on defined contribution schemes
British economy set to still be 3 per cent smaller in 2024, while other leading countries will bounce back
Think-tank says there will be little extra money available for UK government departments
Tax raid on ‘Generation Rent’ could result in ‘Generation No Pension’
New projections show public borrowing in 2021-22 could come in £30bn lower than forecasted
Think-tank warns manifestos of all three are ‘disconnected’ from budgetary realities
The risk is that critics of big government will return soon, with their usual welfare-cutting policies
Campaigner Marcus Rashford warns families ‘counting down days until help is taken away’
Sunak extends SEISS — but millions are set to miss out
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