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Unemployment rates are at their lowest level in nearly 50 years, the latest official figures show.
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The Guardian says Liz Truss’s intervention to freeze energy prices for households for two years is expected to cost the government £89bn, according to the first major costing of the policy by the sector’s leading consultancy.
Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng has confirmed that the government will U-turn on plans to scrap the 45p rate of income tax.
Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng will release a mini-budget on Friday along with National Insurance and corporation tax cuts.
The i says More than a million households are set to pay up to £470 a year more in energy bills due to a 2015 Conservative decision to scrap green home rules, research suggests.
A government support scheme, set to be announced later, could help businesses cut their energy bills by a third.
The Guardian says Falling petrol prices pushed Britain’s inflation rate back below 10% in August in the first easing of upward pressure on the cost of living in almost a year.
PM Liz Truss will unveil her plans to help the public amid soaring energy prices. The government plans are expected to limit energy bill rises, spending billions to protect people from rising prices.
Monday’s front pages are leading on the presumption that Liz Truss will become the country’s next prime minister – expected to be announced at 12:30 BST.
French MPs approve 20 billion-euro package to help with soaring inflation as households struggle to cope with rising energy and food prices.
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The Independent says MILLIONS are believed to be behind on household bills as the rising cost of living crisis puts pressure on budgets.
The PM will face Labour’s Sir Keir Starmer for this week’s Prime Minister’s Questions – the first questioning since the UK’s biggest strikes in 30 years started.
The Guardian says BRITAIN’S cost of living crisis is being made worse by Brexit dragging down the country’s growth potential and costing workers hundreds of pounds a year in lost pay, new research claims.
The Independent says real pay has fallen at a record rate, with public sector workers seeing a particularly big hit to their earnings while bankers toasted “extremely high” bonuses, official figures show.
The Sun says MONEY saving expert Martin Lewis has revealed the top ways you can find the cheapest petrol – and there’s a useful free tool.
The Guardian says The UK economy unexpectedly shrank in April as soaring energy costs and supply chain disruption dragged down manufacturing amid the cost of living crisis, while the winding-down of the NHS test-and-trace service dragged on growth.
The Independent says care workers are calling in sick because they cannot afford fuel to drive their cars to look after people in their homes, a union leader has said.
Sky News says the cost of filling the average family car with petrol is tipped to exceed £100 for the first time, when industry figures are released later on Thursday.
The Independent says the cost of filling up a typical family car with petrol could exceed £100 as soon as Thursday, according to the RAC motoring group.
The Independent says Labour has warned of a “cost of living tsunami” as families face price rises of up to 50 per cent on everyday grocery items.