Andy Burnham government announces £150 cost-of-living payments for 6 million households

It comes after it was confirmed energy bills will rise again in October

ANDY Burnham has been accused of having his “head firmly planted in the sand” as the SNP say a cost-of-living “tsunami” is about to hit families, following a week of bleak economic warning signs ...

Andy Burnham will struggle to deliver “fundamental” cost of living support without raising taxes, economists have warned, after a spike in government bond yields in recent weeks. Higher than expected government borrowing in July has deepened problems for the UK’s public finances, narrowing the range of extra cost of li