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Fiddling Tories were caught picking and choosing official statistics yesterday in a bid to dupe the public into believing that pay is on the up.
Downing Street faced a torrent of criticism after trying to dispel Labour's cost-of-living-crisis claims with dodgy figures showing that all but the top 10 per cent of earners had seen a real-terms increase in 2012/13.
It claimed that working families' pay rose a third faster than inflation of 2.4 per cent in the year up to April 2014.
New PM slashes fuel bills and culls Starmer deadwood, but peace activists warn that placing John Healey as new Chancellor shows ‘beyond doubt that the military industrial complex is in charge of Burnham’s economic policy’
Trade unions call for windfall tax hike to fund social energy tariff to public’s energy bills
The 2025 Budget shores up the PM’s political position with headline-grabbing welfare U-turns, but with no improvements on offer to declining public services or living standards, writes MICHAEL BURKE
