budget 2018

'Stop Smoking' Budgets Slashed In 'Short-Sighted' Wave Of Public Health Cuts, Says Labour

Funding to help people stop smoking has been cut by one-third.
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Hammond: Teachers Who Don't Like My 'Little Extras' Cash May Lose It

Just a week after the Budget, Labour says it's a "fresh insult" to cuts-hit schools.
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Digital Minister Admits She Wasn't Consulted About New Digital Tax On Tech Giants

'I've had no discussions with the Treasury on the matter'.
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20 Labour MPs Defy Jeremy Corbyn To Vote Against Tory Tax Cuts For High Earners

Yvette Cooper, David Lammy and Jess Phillips were among the rebels.
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MPs And Charities Accuse Theresa May Of 'Abject Failure' On Climate Change In Budget

Caroline Lucas and Greenpeace CEO among signatories savaging "generation of politicians who will not live to see the devastation their policies wreak".
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Schools And Pupils Deserve Better Than The Budget's Pitiful, Patronising Offer

As a former teacher, I know the reality many schools are facing - this patronising investment makes a mockery of claims austerity is at an end
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David Davis Slams 'Failed' Tory University And Housing Policies In 'Leadership' Speech

Former Brexit secretary also warns Universal Credit will need more money.
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John McDonnell Backs Tory Budget Tax Cuts Despite Opposition From Labour MPs

Analysis says changes 'overwhelmingly benefit the rich'.
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If This Is The Beginning Of The End Of Austerity, It Is Not Happening Fast Enough

Not enough money is being set aside for those that need it most. People with disabilities, people with illnesses, families with children – people who for all the many combinations of reasons cannot work
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More Funding For Mental Health Services Is Welcome, But Money Alone Won't Bring About Parity Of Care

We need radical changes to the ways public services of all kinds relate to people with mental health difficulties
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