Model houses on a pile of coins and bank notes
THE government was accused of “dithering and delaying” in providing support during the cost-of-living crisis today after a minister claimed that the universal credit (UC) uplift will not return.
Ministers have been facing calls for the return of the £20 weekly uplift to the benefit, which was introduced in the pandemic but withdrawn in October, to help the poorest households.
But Treasury chief secretary Simon Clarke ruled out the measure today, telling BBC Radio 4’s Today programme: “We were always explicitly clear that was a temporary response to the pandemic.
The future does not have to be climate chaos and social breakdown. MARC VANDEPITTE looks at the alternatives offered by the Global Justice Report, co-authored by Thomas Piketty
Campaigners urge government to ignore profiteering oil lobbyists and help those hit hardest by rising energy prices
As fossil fuels have had their day, JOSIE MIZEN makes it clear that it is now the government’s responsibility to initiate the transition to alternative employment in a manner that is organised, efficient and effective