Six bits of bad news you might have missed in Sunak’s spending review
From benefits to Brexit, here's the bad news you missed from Sunak's spending review.
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Sunak picked ‘fight over not very much money’ as public service cuts ‘may not feel much different’ to austerity
“Austerity is not going to feel like it’s over for lower-income families because the Chancellor yesterday chose to continue with plans to cut £1,000 from six million households’ benefits next April at a time when unemployment will be nearing its peak."
Hancock’s ex-neighbour won Covid contract after WhatsApp messages
Alex Bourne, who used to run a pub near to the health secretary’s former home in Suffolk, said he offered his services several by sending Hancock a personal WhatsApp message.
Resignations and responses flood in following cut to international aid budget
What’s happened is a straight £4bn a year switch from international development to military equipment - from aid to guns, essentially.
Spending Review: ‘Real terms cut for the very people who have carried us through this pandemic’
“There won’t be a ‘pause’ in how much rent, mortgages, food and transport costs.
UK paid 1,300% more for PPE due to “inadequate” stockpile
The increase was found to have cost taxpayers around £10 billion, for those who are still counting.
Just 52 Tory MPs – out of 364 – urge Ipsa to freeze their pay
“When so many of our constituents are facing uncertainty, it is only right that we help shoulder the burden," the group said.
Weekly Covid deaths pass 2,000 for first time since May as restrictions are set to be eased
Under new plans pubs, restaurants, gyms, hairdressers and sports stadia will be permitted to re-open for the busy festive period.
Outrage as ‘Festival of Brexit’ to receive millions in Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s spending review
"That’s the annual salary of over 1000 NHS nurses. Or a small pay rise for every single one of them."