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Are calling for, too. now, its prompted the latest row within the tory party. it dominated the final days of the tory party conference. you had backbenchers — including former work and pensions secretaries, as well as cabinet ministers — openly calling for the rise in benefit payments to be linked to inflation and not wages. the critics think its politically impossible to be penalising the poorest in society, at a time when prices are rising so rapidly. but the thinking in downing street is ...

Published later this month. but as you can see here, benefits didnt actually rise at all for a few years from 2016, and when theyve risen since, thats not necessarily in line with inflation. and now, inflation is currently running at 9.9%, but average wages only increased by 5.2%, before bonuses, in the latest figures. increasing benefits by the lower amount would save the government about £5 billion. the prime minister says that pensions will increase by inflation, and some other benefits — ...

Able to get by with support once a month. and more and more people who have never needed the help of a food bank needing their help. maybe people who used to donate to a food bank now seeking out the help from their local food bank. thank you, sabine, well be back with you for more a little bit later. but lets talk about the politics of it, because the government has pledged to link pensions to inflation — which is currently 9.9% — but the issue of whats going to happen with benefits still h...

At its fastest rate in a0 years, welcome to this special edition of your questions answered. over the next half hour, well be examining in detail different areas of the squeeze on the pound in your pocket and some of the solutions that individuals, and communities, are finding. so, weve got a panel of experts. sarah pennells is a consumerfinance specialist at royal london, which calls itself the uks largest mutual life, pensions and investment company. sabine goodwin is co—ordinator at the ind...

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Really feel the public wanted to have this now? the polls suggest something different that you let me make two points. it is a fair question. opinion polls are important. the politician who says opinion polls are not important is credible because we all love opinion polls. on this question of is it a mandate for independence —— independence referendum ago dont have to look at the polls because that election result i talked about, the snp that election result i talked about, the sn ., ., , ....

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Delegates that their homes, pensions and incomes arent safe "under westminster control" and that independence is the only way for scotland to escape what he will call "tory chaos". sirjeffrey donaldson will address his first democratic unionist party conference as party leader when members meet in belfast later today it is understood the dup leader will call for the "broadest coalition of support" for the union, from across the community. he is expected to say that "unionism should have no barri...

The partys deputy leader, keith brown, told delegates that their homes, pensions and incomes arent safe under westminster control. he also said that independence is the only way for scotland, to get rid of the tories for good. sirjeffrey donaldson has addressed his first democratic unionist party conference as party leader in belfast today. in his speech, the dup leader said that the latest assembly election in may, which saw sinn fein emerge for the first time as the largest party, was a "wake�...

Whatever happened here, it is more bad news for moscow. russias so—called special military operation in ukraine has not been going according to plan. recent days, it has been losing land it occupied and now this. it increases the pressure on the kremlin and it is unclear how vladimir putin will respond. stephen rosenberg,, bbc news, pressure. the scottish national party has accused the uk government of chaos and confusion when it opened its conference in aberdeen this morning. the partys deput...