Análisis: Sunak’s latest budget details more than £1tn in spending, but rather less in revenue. Here’s a break down of taxes raised and spending by department
Treasurer Jim Chalmers warns of ‘dire’ budget situation as inflation soars
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Labor has inherited a “dire” budget situation with a deficit that could blow out further due to soaring inflation, the treasurer, Jim Chalmers, has warned. Chalmers accused the Coalition of not disclosing pressures on...
New Zealand budget 2022: Ardern offers $1bn in sweeteners to tackle cost of living ‘storm’
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Weekly $27 cash payments, fuel discounts and half-price public transport are among the short-term sweeteners offered up by New Zealand’s government in its latest budget, as it tries to juggle the cost-of-living crisis...
Gove angers cost of living campaigners by ruling out emergency budget
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Michael Gove has been accused of minimising the cost of living crisis after he ruled out an emergency budget and admitted the government would fail to meet its target of building 300,000 homes a year. The UK levelling...
Victoria’s budget delivers ‘lean’ funding for community organisations but is welcomed by others
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Victoria’s peak social services body says the state’s election year budget has delivered “lean” funding for the community organisations sector to advocate for the most vulnerable, but welcomed “significant” investment...
Federal election 2022 actualizaciones en vivo: RBA to make interest rate announcement; Victorian budget commits $12bn to repair health system
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Victoria’s treasurer hands down health-focused budget with a promise of a return to surplus
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The Victorian government will spend $12bn to repair its Covid-battered health system with the treasurer, Tim Pallas, confident the worst of the pandemic is behind the state and a return to surplus will happen in the n...
New Zealand finance minister tightens the belt for first post-Covid budget
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After two years of big spending to weather the storm of Covid-19, New Zealand’s finance minister is tightening the belt, committing to limits on borrowing, introducing new debt caps and looking ahead to long-term spen...
Rebel Tory MPs fear Boris Johnson could trigger autumn general election
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Rebel Conservative MPs fear Boris Johnson could gamble on a general election within months in a make-or-break bid to save his premiership – but the party chairman, Oliver Dowden, has privately dismissed the idea as el...