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• Jeremy Hunt says he has not ‘ducked difficult decisions’ as OBR says living standards growth wiped out – as it happened

  17-11-2022 21:45
  Chancellor denies postponing financial pain as fiscal watchdog’s figures show eight years of income growth wiped out. This blog is now closedIn the Commons Rishi Sunak is making a statement about the G20 summit. These statements are normally routine, and just summarise what was said or decided at the meeting. They don’t normally include fresh announcements.Sunak started by talking about the missile incident in Poland. He said Russia attacked Ukraine with missiles on the day that he &
  
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• Jeremy Hunt says he has not ‘ducked difficult decisions’ as OBR says living standards growth wiped out – autumn statement live

  17-11-2022 19:40
  Chancellor denies postponing financial pain as fiscal watchdog’s figures show eight years of income growth wiped outIn the Commons Rishi Sunak is making a statement about the G20 summit. These statements are normally routine, and just summarise what was said or decided at the meeting. They don’t normally include fresh announcements.Sunak started by talking about the missile incident in Poland. He said Russia attacked Ukraine with missiles on the day that he “confronted the Russ
  
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• Extra funding announced for NHS only half of what is needed, experts warn

  17-11-2022 19:36
  Thinktanks warn new £3.3bn in each of next two years won’t account for the £2.5bn inflation and other unexpected cost pressuresThe NHS will receive an extra £3.3bn in each of the next two years, the chancellor has announced, but experts warned the cash is likely only half of what is needed to keep the health service afloat.Jeremy Hunt told the Commons during his autumn statement he had been assured the funding would mean the NHS can hit its “key priorities”. I
  
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• Jeremy Hunt put vital social care reforms on hold – and failed Britain’s most vulnerable people | Andrew Dilnot

  17-11-2022 18:50
  The decision to defer the improved funding system will leave individuals and families who need social care entirely on their ownAndrew Dilnot was chair of the Commission on the Funding of Care and SupportDementia. Chronic lung disease or arthritis. Loss of mobility, sight, hearing. These are all things that could hit any of us, make us vulnerable and require compassion and social care. The chancellor said his statement on Thursday was about protecting vulnerable people and displaying the value o
  
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• Jeremy Hunt put my social care reforms on hold – and failed Britain’s most vulnerable people | Andrew Dilnot

  17-11-2022 18:50
  The decision to defer the improved funding system will leave individuals and families who need social care entirely on their ownAndrew Dilnot was chair of the Commission on the Funding of Care and SupportDementia. Chronic lung disease or arthritis. Loss of mobility, sight, hearing. These are all things that could hit any of us, make us vulnerable and require compassion and social care. The chancellor said his statement on Thursday was about protecting vulnerable people and displaying the value o
  
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• Autumn statement 2022 live: OBR says living standards to fall 7% as Hunt confirms millions to pay more taxes

  17-11-2022 18:21
  Fiscal watchdog’s figures show eight years of growth wiped out; chancellor announces higher taxes and some cost of living support In the Commons Rishi Sunak is making a statement about the G20 summit. These statements are normally routine, and just summarise what was said or decided at the meeting. They don’t normally include fresh announcements.Sunak started by talking about the missile incident in Poland. He said Russia attacked Ukraine with missiles on the day that he “confr
  
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• Architect of Tory social care cap plans ‘puzzled’ by Hunt’s two-year delay

  17-11-2022 17:48
  Andrew Dilnot says chancellor has broken 2019 manifesto promise to ‘fix social care’ and implement changes finalised year agoAutumn statement 2022: key points at a glancePolitics live: latest news and reaction on UK budget plansThe economist behind the government’s plan to cap social care costs has said he is “astonished, puzzled and deeply disappointed” at the delay until October 2025 of proposed reforms announced by the chancellor, Jeremy Hunt.Sir Andrew Dilnot, w
  
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• My 98-year-old mum is fit to be discharged but trapped in hospital | Letter

  17-11-2022 17:33
  One reader on their elderly mother being made to stay in hospital when she wants to be at home with family support Re patients stuck in hospital, (‘A doctor told me I could be here for months’: patients stuck in England’s hospitals, 13 November), my 98-year-old mother was admitted to treat an infection. She has dementia, but on the day she was admitted she walked downstairs, got into the car, and then into a hospital bed. She was declared medically fit to be discharged a week l
  
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• Architect of Tory care cap plans ‘puzzled’ by Hunt’s two-year delay

  17-11-2022 16:12
  Andrew Dilnot says chancellor has broken 2019 manifesto promise to ‘fix social care’ and implement changes finalised year agoAutumn statement 2022: key points at a glancePolitics live: latest news and reaction on UK budget plansThe economist behind the government’s plan to cap social care costs has said he is “astonished, puzzled and deeply disappointed” at the delay until October 2025 of proposed reforms has been announced by the chancellor, Jeremy Hunt.Sir Andrew
  
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• Campaigners demand action as London workers struggle for real living wage

  17-11-2022 07:00
  Outer borough of Haringey tops UK league for low-paid jobs relative to local cost of living Campaigners have demanded higher pay for social care workers in the capital, as new analysis put the outer London borough of Haringey at the top of the UK league for jobs paying below the real living wage.As inflation hit its highest level for 41 years, protesters from the community campaign group Citizens UK gathered outside a Haringey care home, run by the private chain Barchester Healthcare, to call fo
  
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