Published 1 year ago

Cost of living crisis: Triple blow to earnings leaves some low-income families £1,600 worse off, even after govt support

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Some families are up to £1,600 a year worse off because of the cost of living crisis - even after government help is taken into account.

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BBC News

Set budget before financial timebomb, says Brown

Former Labour PM says an emergency budget is needed now because of the cost of living crisis.

1 year ago·United Kingdom

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The Guardian

Gordon Brown: ‘Set emergency budget or risk a winter of dire poverty’

Former PM has warned of a financial timebomb awaiting families as Labour plans a major intervention to address crisis

1 year ago·London, United Kingdom

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The Independent

Former PM Gordon Brown demands emergency budget before ‘financial timebomb’

A new report commissioned by Mr Brown suggested Government measures fell well short of addressing households’ needs.

1 year ago·London, United Kingdom

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Daily Mirror

Gordon Brown demands 'immediate action' to help families with cost of living

The former PM makes the intervention in the introduction to a report by Loughborough University, which warned the government's flat-rate handouts will fall short of allowing families to cope with skyrocketing prices

1 year ago·London, United Kingdom

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Metro News

Gordon Brown warns ‘money timebomb will explode in October’

Gordon Brown has demanded Boris Johnson come up with an emergency budget before millions are ‘pushed over the edge’.

1 year ago·London, United Kingdom

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Sky News UK

Cost of living crisis: Triple blow to earnings leaves some low-income families £1,600 worse off, even after govt support

As well as losing the £20-a-week uplift to Universal Credit, benefits are failing to keep up with inflation - and a jump in the energy price cap is expected this autumn.

1 year ago·United Kingdom

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