Labour faces a winter of discontent over fuel payment cuts
There is anger and anxiety among MPs over Rachel Reeves’s austerity measure.
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Cost-of-living crisis is turning London back into the “Big Smoke”
In the face of an energy price squeeze, wood-burners look like an economical option – but the toxic pollution they…
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What the price of diesel tells us about the coming recession
Industry and agriculture run on diesel; when it becomes unaffordable, the business cycle turns.
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Fuel prices are about to hit £2 a litre. What can the government do?
It could soon cost well over £100 to fill up the average car. Is there any policy that would help?
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Tory MPs and Labour want to cut VAT on domestic fuel – they’re wrong
Cutting taxes on fuel would be inconsistent with any serious attempt to lower carbon emissions.
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How Boris Johnson has perfected the art of blaming the public
It’s a sign that something has gone very wrong when public servants decide it is our fault if they fail…
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Boris Johnson’s “f*** business” approach to the supply chain crisis is a risk for Brexit Britain
Conservatives are calculating that they can pick a fight with corporate Britain because voters are on their side. That support…
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IR35: is this incredibly specific tax change exacerbating the petrol crisis?
A piece of tax legislation has led to a 25 per cent rise in the cost of employment for HGV…
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Is Labour missing a trick on the fuel crisis?
At its conference in Brighton, the party is divided over whether to focus on the petrol rush.
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