3 w. ago I'm 32 and earn up to £16,000 a month but I'm an extreme cheapskate

US TikTok creator Bradley has revealed how he chooses to live an extremely frugal life - despite earning a significant wage.

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3 w. ago Rachel Reeves' visit to Wales: Handshakes, hugs, and a lesson in devolution

The chancellor spent a large chunk of her day trying to defend welfare cuts following her Spring Statement on Wednesday, March 26

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3 w. ago Rachel Reeves 'certain' benefits cuts won't push people into hardship amid growing Labour unrest

The Chancellor was also forced to defend Treasury minister Darren Jones who compared the benefits cuts to taking pocket money away from his children

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3 w. ago Rachel Reeves defends benefit cuts and denies further tax rises likely in autumn – UK politics live

Chancellor confirmed welfare cuts of £4.8bn in spring statement, but insisted the priority was to restore stability to the public finances Nick Robinson is interviewing Rachel Reeves on the Today programme now.Q: You promised just one budget a year, but yesterday you had to announce drastic cuts. What’s gone wrong?We’re not at the moment at a position where we want to do anything to escalate these trade wars.Trade wars are no good for anyone. It will end up with higher prices for consumers, pushing up inflation after we’ve worked so hard to get a grip of inflation, and at the same time will make it harder for British companies to export. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago More pressure on the NHS, disability benefits claimants 'degraded' and hiked stamp duty leaving first

Rachel Reeves has been forced to make further welfare cuts after the budget watchdog said the Government's plans will not save as much as ministers hoped.

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3 w. ago Rachel Reeves' welfare reform will push 250,000 into poverty, Government’s own assessment says

Charities had already reported a surge in calls and visits to their advice pages following welfare reform announcement

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3 w. ago PIP disability benefit change will see 150,000 people lose other DWP payments

Chancellor Rachel Reeves delivered her Spring Statement today where she confirmed major cuts to the welfare bill which will impact up to 3.2 million families by 2030

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3 w. ago Spring Statement branded 'new low in the fight against poverty' as Rachel Reeves announces further welfare cuts

Rachel Reeves delivered her spring statement today - announcing further welfare cuts labelled as 'deeply concerning' by disability charities who warn the changes will 'push more disabled people into poverty'

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3 w. ago Video: Six key takeaways from Rachel Reeves’ spring statement

Rachel Reeves unveiled a £14bn package to repair finances, which included cuts to welfare, in her spring statement on the state of the UK economy on Wednesday, 26 March.

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3 w. ago Protesters rail against Labour welfare cuts set to push 250,000 more into poverty

Protesters gathered outside Downing Street to demonstrate against Labour’s cuts to welfare

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3 w. ago Read the Chancellor's Spring Statement in full: From welfare cuts to defence spending and national living wage

All 50 pages of the spring statement were issued as a PDF by the Treasury today after the Chancellor blamed 'increased global uncertainty' as the budget watchdog slashed its economic growth forecast.

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3 w. ago Spring statement: Reeves blames ‘global uncertainty’ for deeper spending cuts

Chancellor says tougher measures required to plug fiscal hole after Treasury watchdog halves 2025 growth forecastSpring statement: key pointsAnalysis: Reeves does reasonable job of justifying fiscal prudence but welfare cuts cast shadowPolitics live – updatesRachel Reeves blamed “global uncertainty” as she announced swingeing cuts to welfare and other public spending designed to plug a fiscal hole caused by soaring borrowing costs and sluggish economic growth.The chancellor told the Commons that the UK’s growth forecast for this year had been halved from 2% to 1% by the Treasury watchdog, which concluded that the chancellor would have missed her goal of balancing the books if she did not act. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Spring statement live: Rachel Reeves poised to reveal more welfare cuts to plug budget black hole

Starmer faces Badenoch at PMQs ahead of Reeves delivering spring statement to MPs

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3 w. ago Rachel Reeves to announce additional welfare cuts in Spring Statement

Chancellor forced to make last-minute savings to shore up the nation’s finances

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3 w. ago Reeves announces welfare and spending cuts in Spring Statement

UK chancellor forced to make last-minute savings to shore up the nation’s finances

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3 w. ago Live: Rachel Reeves set to announce more welfare cuts in spring statement

It comes as the budget watchdog said the Government’s plans will not save as much as ministers hoped.

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3 w. ago Reeves warned welfare cuts will ‘push disabled into poverty’ ahead of spring statement

A disability advocate has warned that planned welfare cuts will push disabled people into poverty ahead of today’s spring statement.

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3 w. ago Further welfare cuts expected as Rachel Reeves prepares to deliver spring statement – UK politics live

Keir Starmer will face Kemi Badenoch at PMQs before the chancellor delivers her spring statement John Healey, the defence secretary, has been doing an interview round this morning because overnight the Treasury briefed journalists that Rachel Reeves will announce an extra £2.2bn in defence spending from April in the spring statement. (Presumably that was the story the Treasury press office were hoping would be leading the news bulletins this morning, not the new benefit cuts).In its news release, the Treasury said:The chancellor will announce a further £2.2bn funding increase for defence from April, as she warns that Britain has to “move quickly in a changing world”.The funding will be invested in advanced technologies so that Britain’s armed forces have the tools they need to compete and win in modern warfare. This includes guaranteeing the investment to fit Royal Navy ships with Directed Energy Weapons by 2027. These weapons can hit a £1 coin from 1km away and take down drones at ...

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3 w. ago Rachel Reeves ‘set to impose further welfare cuts worth £500m’

The Office for Budget Responsibility is said to have rejected the Treasury’s saving estimates from last week’s welfare cuts, paving the way for even more difficult choices

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3 w. ago UK minister responds to Donald Trump sidekicks' claim Europe is 'pathetic freeloader'

Defence Secretary John Healey said Donald Trump's US administration has 'got a case' after a leaked group chat showed revealed criticism of European nations on defence spending

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