Hammond makes teachers and police £3,000 worse off
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Plastic waste charge is a victory for the Liberal Democrats
In today’s budget, Philip Hammond announced that he would consider charges on single-use plastic items to reduce waste. It comes following a Liberal Democrat campaign to introduce a charge on disposable coffee cups, to reduce the billions of cups thrown away … read more
Government must pause Universal Credit rather than just tinkering with it
The government’s U-turns on Universal Credit are welcome but beg the question: Why have they taken this long? Go to Source Author: read more
£3 billion disappearing down the Brexit black hole
Philip Hammond is spending £3bn of taxpayers money on Brexit instead of investing in the country’s overstretched public services. And the government’s Brexit strategy is so vague that the Official for Budgetary Responsibility could not even factor it into their … read more
The Budget has been sunk by a growth bombshell
In today’s budget, the Chancellor admitted that the UK economy will be smaller by a huge £45 billion than was estimated as recently as March. Go to Source Author: read more