All news on the topic: The Treasury

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Ministers already using experimental AI 'red box' to summarise briefing notes
Tory minister Alex Burghart admitted he uses an experimental “AI Red Box”, developed by the Cabinet Office, to sift through the stack of papers he’s given to read every day.
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Rishi Sunak's Treasury 'held up proper compensation for Post Office victims'
Paul Scully, who was Post Office Minister, said the Treasury demanded a value for money exercise was done before agreeing to giving further money to victims including Alan Bates
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Around 1.6million low-paid workers set to bear brunt of Tory stealth taxes
Labour's analysis says by 2024-2025 a family with two adults working full time on the National Living Wage will pay £1,320 more a year due to Tory stealth taxes
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Labour launches 'Tory tax calculator' to work out how much worse off you are
Labour has launched a new online tool allowing people to calculate how much tax they pay, and plans to hammer Rishi Sunak with it ahead of the general election
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'Tory government chaos' as plans to hike salary visa rules quietly changed
The Home Office appears to have issued an embarrassing climbdown on a hike in the threshold for family visas, quietly announcing it will raise it to a lower figure
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Tories consider tax cuts after inflation fall in desperate bid to save polls
In a desperate bid to turn the Tories' dire poll ratings around, the PM is reportedly considering how he can include tax cuts in next year's Budget, which is expected in March
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Sunak considered giving millions of Brits pre-paid debit cards during Covid
The then-Chancellor Rishi Sunak dropped the idea in June 2020 after Treasury officials found 'substantial challenges and risks' such as the risk of theft, fraud and loss
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Billions of pounds of forgotten cash - find out if you're sitting on a fortune
There is around £1.7billion sitting in savings accounts, pensions and investments that has been ­forgotten about - and some of it could be yours
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Tetchy Rishi Sunak asked if he lies awake at night thinking about the poor
Appearing before the Commons Liaison Committee, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was asked if lies awake at night thinking about the gulf between the rich and poor in Britain
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Steel chiefs blast Tory dithering that risks foreign goods being 'dumped' on UK
The Treasury has announced a carbon border adjustment mechanism so UK manufacturing firms, including in the steel industry, are not undercut by imports from foreign firms
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Hunt branded 'Grinch' as families spend more on tax hikes than Christmas gifts
Households are expected to spend an average of £279 on Christmas presents this year, but a typical family is likely to be hit with £800 worth of tax hikes as a result of Mr Hunt’s decision to freeze income tax thresholds
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Green groups demand Government doesn't spend billions on eco-fuel for airlines
A group of charities including Greenpeace and Transport & Environment have demanded that the Government does not use tax-payers money to prop up the production of sustainable aviation fuel
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Covid Inquiry latest - Rishi Sunak denies calling poorer parents 'freeloaders'
Rishi Sunak, who was branded 'Dr Death' by Government scientists, issued an apology to bereaved families at the start of his Covid Inquiry grilling
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Forgetful Rishi Sunak says he can't remember more than 20 times at Covid Inquiry
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak appeared rattled as he faced six hours of questions at the Covid Inquiry about his role as Chancellor in the pandemic, including on Eat Out To Help Out
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Covid families warn Rishi Sunak he has 'extremely serious questions to answer'
Rishi Sunak will appear at the Covid inquiry on Monday - and is expected to be given a grilling on Eat Out To Help out, his missing WhatsApps and Partygate
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10 tricky questions Boris Johnson must answer as he faces Covid Inquiry grilling
Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson will give evidence at the Covid Inquiry on Wednesday and Thursday, when he'll face difficult questions about his time in No10
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'Alistair Darling was a rare thing - a politician never afraid to speak truth'
Labour former Chancellor Alistair Darling, who turned around the economy following the financial crisis and led the Better Together campaign in Scotland, has died aged 70
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Tory crackdown on NHS staff from abroad will be 'final straw' for care sector
Unison General Secretary Christina McAnea expressed alarm over Immigration Minister Robert Jenrick's push to cap NHS and social care visas, and ban foreign care workers from bringing dependents
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Cash for school buildings faces £1.5billion a year cut as fresh austerity looms
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt unveiled plans for a deep squeeze for public services in the Autumn Statement, paving the way for a period of renewed austerity after the next election
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National insurance cut will still leave millions worse off - check how much
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt promised a 2p cut to the rate of national insurance in the Autumn Statement in a desperate bid to turn around the Tories' dire poll ratings
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Exact amount benefits and state pension will rise by next year confirmed
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has used his Autumn Statement today to confirm how much the state pension and some benefits, including Universal Credit, will increase by next April
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Universal Credit to rise for millions in Tory Autumn Statement U-turn
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt will announce Universal Credit and state pension rates as he unveils the Government's tax and spending plans in the Autumn Statement
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Jeremy Hunt will unveil personal tax cuts in Autumn Statement tomorrow
Treasury minister Laura Trott said tax cuts announced in the Autumn Statement would include ones that help individuals, such as slashing income tax or national insurance
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Rishi Sunak who broke Tory pledge by raising taxes now says he wants to cut them
The Conservatives vowed at the last election that they would not raise national insurance, but Rishi Sunak hiked it as he took the country to its highest tax burden in 70 years
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Top Tory says many pensioners don’t need winter fuel payment in leaked recording
Tory MP John Glen told a Conservative gathering at Cambridge University last month that his elderly mother was 'perfectly comfortable' and didn't need the winter fuel payment