Tag: Rishi Sunak

It comes as Jacob Rees-Mogg claimed the government parties allegedly held during Covid restrictions are “disproportionate fluff” and “fundamentally trivial”.

“I don’t think those two situations are directly analogous, clearly they are not directly analogous and I don’t think the prime minister was saying that they were directly analogous," the chancellor said.

Labour has repeated calls for Rishi Sunak to scrap next month's planned rise to National Insurance contributions.

Rishi Sunak said the government "understands" the pressures people are facing with the cost of living.

"I'm not sure the multi multi millionaire Sunak will ever be able to emphasise with the overwhelming financial difficulties some people will have to burden."

The north is a "less desirable location for business" and "suffers from a less attractive skills mix than London", says the government who wants to 'level up'.

The Chancellor said Britain should "exploit our domestic resources" and "encourage investment".

From the newsletter: It is going to be an unfathomably tough year - and Rishi Sunak has done little to ease the pain.

Energy bills will soar by 54 per cent for 22 million households from April, Ofgem announced.