All news on the topic: Darren Jones

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UK preparing for multiple scenarios regarding Donald Trump’s stance on Ukraine
Chief secretary to the Treasury says security and defence spending are a priority but require ‘trade-offs’
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UK still suffering from trauma of Liz Truss, says Treasury chief
Darren Jones says ‘we’ve all got PTSD’ after Truss’s 2022 mini-budget, amid market jitters after this week’s budget
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Family finances doing much worse under Tories than when Labour was in power
Ahead of the Budget, figures show that household incomes have risen significantly slower under the Conservatives than when Tony Blair and Gordon Brown were in No10
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Stats watchdog slaps down Tory minister Laura Trott for 'misleading' tax claims
The UK Statistics Authority's Sir Robert Chote said the public could have been 'misled or at least confused' by Treasury Minister Laura Trott's claims about taxes falling
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Senior Treasury minister appears to stumble over questions on the rising debt
Laura Trott said she had "different figures" when she was presented with the latest official projections from the fiscal watchdog, which suggest an increase over the next five years
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Around 1.6million low-paid workers set to bear brunt of Tory stealth taxes
Labour's analysis says by 2024-2025 a family with two adults working full time on the National Living Wage will pay £1,320 more a year due to Tory stealth taxes
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Tory crackdown on NHS staff from abroad will be 'final straw' for care sector
Unison General Secretary Christina McAnea expressed alarm over Immigration Minister Robert Jenrick's push to cap NHS and social care visas, and ban foreign care workers from bringing dependents
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Rishi Sunak who broke Tory pledge by raising taxes now says he wants to cut them
The Conservatives vowed at the last election that they would not raise national insurance, but Rishi Sunak hiked it as he took the country to its highest tax burden in 70 years
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Fury as Tories wasted £100bn of taxpayers' cash in 4 years since 2019 election
An average of £25billion was wasted by the Tory Government every year since the 2019 election – almost all when Rishi Sunak was Chancellor or Prime Minister, claim campaigners
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'Obscene' move to lift cap on bankers' bonuses amid cost of living crisis
Bankers were paid more than £13billion in bonuses in 2008, on the eve of the financial crisis, and the bid to further enrich the UK’s bankers was announced by Kwasi Kwarteng
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UK set to record weakest economic growth in G7 as IMF forecasts 0.6% growth
Britain is forecast to record the poorest economic growth across the G7 group of economies next year, according to the International Monetary Fund
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Liz Truss demands tax cuts a year after she crashed economy with same ideas
The unrepentant ex-Prime Minister will gather her allies for a "growth" rally at Conservative party conference, where she will demand cuts to corporation tax for big businesses
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'Why won't Tories take on bad bosses harming workers and wasting taxpayer cash'
Writing for the Mirror, Chair of the Commons Business Select Committee Darren Jones accused ministers of dashing to help Nigel Farage while ignoring ordinary customers and workers
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Royal Mail accused of keeping tabs on posties - flagging when they stand still
A Commons hearing was told about digital devices that workers carry that can monitor their movements, with company boss Simon Thompson saying technology called Outdoor Actuals had been agreed with unions