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Byline Times investigates the causes and consequences of Britain’s biggest recession for 30 years
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The Conservatives’ Narrow Uxbridge Victory Offers False Comfort to a Party Heading for Defeat
Huge losses in the Selby and Ainsty and Somerton and Frome by-elections are signs of a Conservative Government heading for a landslide defeat at the next general election
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UK Lecturers Face Devastating Salary Deductions in Marking Boycott: Academics Speak Out
University workers are fighting for job security and fair pay. But docking lecturers’ pay risks worsening industrial action, UCU activist Dr Antonia Dawes writes
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Life Afloat: Meet the People Living Off-Grid as the Cost of Living Soars
Charlie Duffield speaks to citizens exploring alternative ways of living as the linked crises of housing and the economy become a way of life
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Demonising Inflation and the True Cost of Living
Anthony Yates looks at Rishi Sunak’s promises over inflation which might help him cynically suppress public pay demands but do nothing to address the roots of our economic malaise
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Young Women and the Cost of Living Crisis
Research shows rising finances are really impacting this group, but what support is available?
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‘Keir Starmer is Missing His Big Chance to Rebuild Broken Britain’
The Labour leader is missing a once in a generation chance to set out much-needed radical reforms for a broken nation, argues his former advisor Simon Fletcher
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All the Bad News Buried in Jeremy Hunt’s Budget
Buried in the Chancellor’s Statement is news the UK will suffer a sustained period of low growth, high taxes and a record-breaking fall in living standards, reports Adam Bienkov
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No Cost of Living Crisis for High-Earning MPs Claiming a Quarter of a Million Pounds to Heat Second Homes
After the criticism of MPs for second jobs, Andrew Kersley reports on the expenses they claim for second homes
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Barriers to Work are Trapping Children in Poverty
New data has revealed the barriers single parents face in getting back to work, while rates of in-work poverty exposes Tory ‘myth’ that work is the route to riches, Sian Norris reports
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Majority of Brits Report Winter Crisis is Impacting Health and Wellbeing
New ONS data reveals how cold homes and food insecurity is impacting people’s physical and emotional health
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For Thousands of Young Children, Poverty is All they have Known
New data from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation reveals the extent of poverty in families
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Energy Debt Soars to Record High as People Struggle with Pre-Payment Meters and Poverty
The debt mountain according to the latest official figures is now a billion pounds higher than at the start of the pandemic, reports Chaminda Jayanetti
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‘Our Economic Masters Failed on Their Own Terms’: Health of Deprived Areas Stuck in Previous Decades
The NHS is being burdened by the scale of Britain’s health inequalities, reports Sam Bright
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Falling Through the Cracks: Migrant People at Risk of Homelessness
From arriving in the UK with nowhere to turn, to falling through the cracks and sleeping rough, Byline Times looks at the experiences of migrant people who are homeless
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Number of Single Parent Households in Severe Food Insecurity Doubles
New data shows the number of people going without food has increased by 100% since before the pandemic, with health outcomes for the poorest households worsening
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Christmas in the Cost of Living Crisis
As temperatures drop, turkeys are added to shopping lists, and letters to Santa are written, how are people coping during a winter of inflation and financial hardship? Sian Norris reports
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The Government’s Energy Price Guarantee is Subsidising High Carbon Lifestyles
Thiemo Fetzer, Professor of Economics at the University of Warwick, argues that the Government’s response to the energy crisis is wasting a unique opportunity
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Students: The Latest Victims in the Cost of Living Crisis
Sian Norris speaks to two students living in Bristol about the impact of rising costs on their studies and wellbeing
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REVEALED: No Government Help with Rising Energy Bills for Hundreds of Thousands of Immigrants
Households with ‘no recourse to public funds’ due to their immigration status will not be eligible for state help to alleviate rising costs
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Fossil Fuel Giants Set to Avoid More than Half of the Government’s Hiked Windfall Tax
The UK’s rigged energy market will do little to restrain the cost of living crisis or promote renewables, says Thomas Perrett
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The Wheels Coming Off on the Chancellor’s ‘Tough Road Ahead’
Rachel Morris looks at the ideological underpinning and likely real-world effects of Jeremy Hunt’s Autumn statement and sees Britain heading down a road to nowhere
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Homeless Deaths Increase by More Than 50% Since 2013
New Government data shows how deaths of homeless people – including to Coronavirus – continues to rise. Sian Norris reports
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‘Jeremy Hunt’s Energy Price Hike is a Cynical Betrayal of Britain’
Martin Shaw unpicks the motives and the structural economic forces behind the Chancellor’s decision to further inflate household energy costs
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More Than A Third Of Food Parcels Given to Children
Ellie Newis and Sian Norris report on the extent and impact of child poverty as Britain continues to grapple with the cost of living crisis
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After an Era of Austerity, What is Left to Cut?
Sian Norris digs into the data on a decade of cuts, assessing its impact on people and public services, as Chancellor Jeremy Hunt lines up Austerity 2.0
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Rishi Sunak’s £20 Billion COVID Fraud Black Hole
With the Government facing a massive shortfall in its finances, MPs report on how billions were lost by the Treasury during the time the current Prime Minister was Chancellor
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New Inflation Figures Increase Pressure on Council Budgets
Council tax would need to rise by 20% to save urgently-needed public services, but how will Jeremy Hunt respond in his autumn statement?
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New Government Report Reveals Critical Gaps in Poverty Data and Questionable Metrics
Tamsin Flower looks into the ‘poverty’ of data on poverty and how thousands of low-income households could be left without the recognition and aid they most need
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Rishi Sunak’s Party Fears there is Less to Him than Meets the Eye
The Prime Minister’s colleagues are starting to wonder whether Sunak’s Californian corporate sheen conceals an empty vessel, reports Adam Bienkov
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Cost of Living Crisis Forcing Women to Remain with Abusers
The cost of living crisis is putting women’s and children’s lives at risk, as victims and survivors of domestic abuse are forced to choose between safety and destitution, Sian Norris reports
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Sunak Appoints Ex-Big Energy Director as Business and Energy Advisor
Rishi Sunak’s Government is populated by a number of advisors drawn from corporations and Tufton Street ‘think tanks’, reports Sam Bright
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REVEALED: Prisons are Another Public Service Facing Soaring Energy Bills
An investigation by Sian Norris for the Byline Intelligence Team finds prisons are facing rising energy costs, after nine years of austerity have wreaked havoc on the sector
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Are We Paying for the Government’s COVID Waste?
UK healthcare spending has burgeoned by £50 billion since the pandemic, the same figure as the Government’s mysterious fiscal ‘black hole’, reports Sam Bright
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‘Donations are Really, Really Down’: Mounting Concerns Over Brexit Compounding Cost of Living Crisis
Organisations are worried that the effort to help those struggling this winter is being hampered by supply chain issues
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REVEALED: Cost of Living Crisis Piles Pressure on Children’s Homes as Gas and Energy Bills Soar
A new investigation by Sian Norris with the Byline Intelligence Team reveals rising costs are putting budgetary pressure on council-run children’s homes already feeling the strain
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REVEALED: The Staggering Rises in Rent Shortfalls Caused by Housing Benefit Cuts
With the cost of living crisis pushing up rents and Local Housing Allowance frozen since 2020, more and more of the poorest private tenants are struggling to make ends meet
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Child Poverty Soared During Austerity Years in New Cabinet’s Constituencies
Past evidence shows the damage that spending cuts can create – even in Conservative strongholds
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Cost of Living Crisis Pushing Schools To Brink
Schools are allocating more of their budgets to cover energy costs, with Government support falling short on providing certainty, Sian Norris reports
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Austerity Fuelled a National Health Crisis – Can We Afford Round Two?
With the Government getting ready for austerity 2.0, Sian Norris reflects on the impact previous cuts to local government had on public health
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Justice System ‘Inadequate’ in Face of Rising Fraud
MPs have raised serious concerns that the criminal justice system cannot cope with the increase in fraud cases – with fraud now making up 40% of reported crime. Sian Norris reports
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‘You’re Seeing People Who Wouldn’t have been Struggling Before Who Now Need Help’
Sian Norris returns to the town where her family once lived to learn how the cost of living crisis is impacting the lives of ordinary people and their communities in north Wales
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The Government is Prolonging the Cost of Living Crisis and the Climate Emergency
The Conservative Party’s decision to ‘cut the green crap’ has had far-reaching consequences, writes Thomas Perrett
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Care Workers Face Poverty as Vacancies Reach Record Levels
Vacancies in social care have increased by 55,000 in the past year – while poverty wages push people out of the sector, Sian Norris reports
