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UK households to be £1,900 poorer by end of this parliament, say economists

Warning comes after Resolution Foundation finds autumn statement favours richest 20% of earners

Phillip Inman and Richard Partington

23, Nov, 2023 @12:02 PM

Autumn statement 2023: key points at a glance

Jeremy Hunt has announced his financial update – here are the main points, with political analysis

Anna Isaac and Aletha Adu

22, Nov, 2023 @2:52 PM

What to expect in the autumn statement 2023

From Whitehall to welfare and pay to pensions, here is what Jeremy Hunt is likely to announce

Phillip Inman

22, Nov, 2023 @6:00 AM

Gender pay gap for UK women aged 40 and over ‘will not close till they are pensioners’

Equal Pay Day report from Fawcett Society blames lack of flexible working in well-paid high-quality jobs

Amelia Hill

22, Nov, 2023 @12:01 AM

Autumn statement: Jeremy Hunt looks to cut UK taxes and ‘turbo-charge growth’

Amid less gloomy OBR forecasts the chancellor is expected to take first steps towards cutting personal taxes

Larry Elliott and Pippa Crerar

21, Nov, 2023 @10:30 PM

National living wage to rise by almost 10% to £11.44 an hour

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt says earnings of full-time workers will rise by £1,800 a year next spring as a the result of move

Larry Elliott Economics editor

21, Nov, 2023 @5:51 PM

Leeds tops league of places in the UK with the best-paying jobs outside London

West Yorkshire city boasts an average £37,800 salary, with Cambridge, Bristol and Manchester not far behind

Julia Kollewe

20, Nov, 2023 @6:00 AM

Earnings for millennials in the US will make their UK counterparts jealous | Torsten Bell

Graduate salaries have fallen 16% since 2007 in Britain, but across the Atlantic youth-friendly policies are paying off, new research finds

Torsten Bell

19, Nov, 2023 @8:00 AM

Working-class people in UK ‘paid £6,000 less for same professional roles’

‘Shameful’ class pay gap is even worse for women from poorer upbringings, according to analysis by Social Mobility Foundation

Jem Bartholomew

17, Nov, 2023 @7:00 AM

Oxfam workers in UK to hold strike ballot over ‘poverty pay’

Survey found 8% of charity’s employees had used food banks in the last year and 22% had been unable to pay rent

Emine Sinmaz

25, Oct, 2023 @4:22 PM

UK financial regulators scrap cap on bankers’ bonuses

Bonus cap to end on 31 October, a move condemned by unions as an ‘insult to working people’

Kalyeena Makortoff Banking correspondent

24, Oct, 2023 @2:52 PM

Real living wage rises to £12 an hour as cost of living crisis continues

The half a million workers whose employers pay the voluntary real living wage will earn £3,000 a year above the minimum wage