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Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has confirmed plans to revert the tax back to 40% from 75% in a move that has been criticised by campaigners

The Prime Minister cast fresh doubt over the already-delayed October 2025 date for introducing a financial cap which would mean no-one paid more than £86,000 for care

The PM is facing criticism over his government’s failure to train enough doctors and nurses and Ghana has warned that it is facing a 'brain drain' as health workers leave for jobs overseas

Inflation is tipped to average 6.9% as it takes longer to come down here than in any other G7 nation, according to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development

Industry experts have said the government must work closely with supermarkets on any price cap, as millions of shoppers rely on local stores where budget items are often not available

Government is going to court to challenge a demand it hands over documents and evidence that will shine a light on its handling of the pandemic

Mega-rich Nadhim Zahawi, who was sacked as Conservative Party chairman over his own tax dealings, is leading a group of MPs who are demanding Rishi Sunak helps the rich by axing inheritance tax

Kevin Maguire writes that Jeremy Hunt is relaxed about plunging Britain into recession - no wonder Labour and Keir Starmer are enjoying healthy double-digit poll leads

If people thought Jeremy Hunt had some sympathy for their plight they should think again

The Bank of England has hiked interest rates repeatedly to tackle inflation - in a hit to mortgage payers - and experts have warned they could raise them higher than the current 4.5% next month

Spiralling bills have forced one in six of parents to go without so their children have enough to eat in the last year, while one in four said they had skipped meals, according to a new survey

The average cost of chicken and chips has risen by 17% to £6.18, an extra 89p. Burgers are also up by 17%, an average increase of 64 pence to £4.35

At a glitzy fundraising event at the Dorchester Hotel, the Chancellor urged Conservative supporters to block out all the “negativity” after the party's catastrophic local election results

Homeowners were warned things could get even worse as Andrew Bailey could not rule out further rises in a bid to bring down rampant inflation

Two thirds of the Conservative ministers who sit around the Cabinet table backed an attempt to rip up Westminster sleaze rules in a bid to save Owen Paterson

Oil and gas firms paid £4.4billion in windfall tax payments in the past year, which is way below the £7.2billion the government had forecast

The Tory Government's controversial austerity programme is expected to be examined by the Covid inquiry, as well as Exercise Cygnus - the codename of a 2016 simulation of major flu outbreak

Last year 185,664 days were lost to stress out of just over a million sick days in all, 8% more than 2021. That is equal to a daily average of almost 3,000 medics calling in ill

Britain’s stubbornly high rate of inflation will pile more pressure on struggling families - and it is those on the lowest wages who are worst affected

The new code of practice shows prepay meters will no longer be forcibly installed in the homes of people who are all aged over 85 - plus suppliers will have to give customers more chances to clear their debts

The Prime Minister’s heiress wife Akshata Murty took a hit to her vast fortune as shares in the Indian IT giant Infosys, which was co-founded by her billionaire dad, dropped in value

The Chancellor announced a number of pension tax cuts that are set to benefit the top 1% of the population and a new study has found it would take the average worker around four centuries to achieve the same

The International Monetary Fund thinks UK plc will shrink 0.3%, and the only other advanced economy in the G7 group expected to decline is Germany’s, by 0.1%

Responsibility for the four-day strike starting in England today rests with this penny-pinching, incompetent and unnecessarily confrontational Government

There are things you can do to help you reduce your tax burden and be more tax-efficient with your money - here are some tips from Bestinvest personal finance analyst Alice Haine