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Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced additional support as households face the biggest fall to real living standards on record.
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced additional support as households face the biggest fall to real living standards on record.
The Chancellor announced measures to partially offset the hike in national insurance but soaring inflation will squeeze household finances.
Fuel duty will be reduced by 5p per litre from 6pm on Wednesday.
National insurance starting thresholds will rise to £12,570 from July, Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced.
Rishi Sunak slashed fuel duty, raised national insurance thresholds and promised a cut in income tax as forecast economic growth was downgraded.
The Chancellor delivered his spring statement to the Commons.
Rishi Sunak has been under pressure to do more to help struggling households deal with surging costs.
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The Russian president praised his country’s forces at the rally to mark the eighth anniversary of Russia annexing the Crimea from Ukraine.
The strike against the theatre was part of a furious bombardment of civilian targets in multiple Ukrainian cities over the past day.
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky said Moscow’s demands were becoming ‘more realistic’.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said early on Wednesday that Russia’s demands were becoming ‘more realistic’.
Across the country, thousands of people are thought to have been killed, both civilians and soldiers, in nearly two weeks of fighting.
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s forces continued to pummel cities with rockets, and fierce fighting raged in places.
Some of the evacuation routes would funnel refugees towards Russia or its ally Belarus – unlikely destinations for those fleeing the war.