Jeremy Hunt

Changes to wages and National Insurance for Employers

Employers to pay thousands more in National Insurance from April

Wigan council in full session on Wednesday March 6

Council tax to rise by 4.99 per cent but no cuts or job losses

Jeremy Hunt

Five key points from the Budget announcement

Jeremy Hunt will announce the 2024 Budget. Credit: Kim Mogg/Getty/Adobe

Budget 2024: Hunt cuts NI again and reforms child benefit

Analysis of NHS data shows the number of registered GP patients in the NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care Board increased from 2,909,000 people in September 2015 to 3,249,000 in December

Local GPs' workload soaring

Inflation dropped to 3.9% in November, the lowest level in more than two years. (Credit: AFP via Getty Images)

Inflation drops to lowest level in more than two years

NHS Digital figures show people in Wigan paid £22.5m for adult social care services in 2022-23 – up from £21.1m the year before.

Tens of millions of pounds spent on adult social care last year

UNISON members say they wish to end pension poverty

Council retired UNISON members 'fight for the end of pension poverty'

The last day of retail at Wilko, Standishgate, Wigan, in September

More than 1,000 businesses folded in Wigan in 2022

Jeremy Hunt will announce the Autumn Statement today. Credit: Getty/Adobe/Mark Hall

Watch the Chancellor's autumn statement speech here

Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jeremy Hunt, is said to have more scope to be generous now that inflation has rapidly fallen back

Council chief calls on chancellor to give Wigan a 'fair deal'

Figures from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities show £3,508,000 was spent on temporarily housing the homeless in Wigan in the year to March.

Millions of pounds spent on temporary housing for homeless

The UK's economy has grown by 0.2% in August, with car manufacturing leading the economic boost over the past three months. (Credit: Getty Images)

UK economy grew by 0.2% in August as service sector provides boost

Rishi Sunak is reportedly drawing up plans to slash inheritance tax as he looks to attract voters ahead of the next general election. Credit: Getty Images

Rishi Sunak considering inheritance tax cut

Education Secretary Gillian Keegan arrives for the weekly cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street this week

LUKE MARSDEN: we need our politicians to be passionate

Estimates from the Office for National Statistics show 42,329 people aged 16 to 64 in Wigan were classed as 'economically inactive' as of March – defined as out of work and not recently searching for a job.

Tens of thousands of people 'economically inactive'

Tens of thousands of people in Wigan were classed as economically inactive as of March, new figures show.

Will Grimond

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s brother Charlie has died of cancer aged 53

Jeremy Hunt’s brother dies from cancer aged 53

Bolton West MP Chris Green

Chris Green MP: Farage furore shows ​Labour have ditched their roots

Supermarkets are being told to cut the price of petrol

Supermarkets told to cut petrol prices by watchdog

Department for Work and Pensions figures show around 44,200 households in Wigan are eligible to receive up to £900 in cost-of-living payments.

Tens of thousands of Wigan households to receive support payment

This is the first time inflation has dropped below double digits since August last year - but concerns remain over the rate at which food prices are increasing..

Inflation drops to 8.7%, food costs still high - how it affects you

The first instalment of the £900 cost of living payments is set to land in bank accounts today. The £301 cash boost from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and HMRC will be paid to those who are eligible over the next few weeks from Tuesday, April 25.

Cost of living payment to land in bank accounts from today

As the cost-of-living crisis continues, many households are struggling financially

Cost of living payments will start to land in bank accounts next week

Figures from the Department for Education show there were 7,855 places for early years childcare in Wigan as of December 2022, while separate data from the 2021 census shows there were around 17,800 children aged four and under in the area.

More than twice as many children as childcare places in Wigan

Bolton West MP Chris Green

Chris Green MP: ​Too much power given to mayors?

Leigh MP James Grundy

James Grundy MP: The Government is working hard to deliver a better future

Teachers are among just one of the many professions striking

Who is striking and when in 2023?

Here is a list of all the unions that have carried out strike action in 2023 and their progress so far.

Chloe Clarke

BBC Panorama shared research that shows the cost of fifteen years of wage stagnation on British workers

UK wage stagnation costing British workers £11,000 per year

An economically inactive person is aged 16 and over and did not have a job in that time period, could not start work in the next two weeks, or had not looked for work in the month before.

Two in five Wigan residents economically inactive

Coun Danny Fletcher, Makerfield MP Yvonne Fovargue, Wigan Council leader Coun David Molyneux, Coun Jenny Bullen and Coun Andrew Bullen in Ashton town centre

Wigan borough MP welcomes £6.6m windfall to transform Ashton town centre

Wigan Council leader Coun David Molyneux

Second time lucky as Wigan Council receives £6.6m for regeneration

Speeches were given during the meeting at Little Fifteen

Impassioned speeches by trade union leaders as members gather in Wigan

CAMRA have responded to the Spring Budget

CAMRA says local pubs still under threat despite draught duty cut

Experts from the industry have given an insight into what effect Jeremy Hunt’s new Spring Budget will have on the UK housing market.

What does spring budget mean for housing market? Zoopla forecast

Council tax is on the rise by up to 15% across local authorities in England - Credit: Adobe

April council tax: How to apply for support and how much will it rise?

Smoking is now at least 15% more expensive following Jeremy Hunt’s Spring Budget 2023 - Credit: Adobe

Bad news for smokers: Cigarettes now cost more than ever

Martin Lewis reacts to Jeremy Hunt’s budget after Chancellor name checks him and ‘calls speaker old’

Budget 2023: Martin Lewis gives his verdict

Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt poses with the red Budget Box as he leaves 11 Downing Street in central London on March 15, 2023, to present the government’s annual budget to Parliament. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP) (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images)

Budget 2023: Living standards to fall by 6% - OBR

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has announced 30 hours of free childcare for one and two year olds

Budget 2023: Free childcare for under 5s explained

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt addressed the House of Commons with his Spring Budget 2023 on Wednesday - Credit: Getty Images

Key announcements from Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s Spring Budget 2023

RMT general secretary Mick Lynch (centre) on an RMT picket line during January’s strike (Photo by DANIEL LEAL/AFP via Getty Images)

Who is on strike today? Teachers & junior doctors included

Chancellor set to extend fuel duty cut beyond March

The Energy Price Guarantee (EPG) will remain at £2,500 for an additional three months.

Budget 2023: Energy Price Guarantee to be extended to June

Samantha Pierre-Joseph shows her smart meter indicating that she is on a ‘Prepayment tariff’ in her house in London.

Millions of struggling households set to see energy bills slashed

File photo dated 17/11/2022 of Jeremy Hunt who will set out a Spring Budget on March 15 2023, the Treasury has said. The Chancellor on Monday commissioned an Office for Budget Responsibility forecast, which will be presented alongside the budget. Issue date: Monday December 19, 2022.

UK job vacancies fall for eighth time in a row

Dr Grace Allport speaks on the picket line outside Wigan Infirmary

Junior doctors picket outside Wigan Infirmary as 72-hour strike begins

Workers at last month's rally in Wigan town centre

Workers taking strike action to gather in Wigan for meeting and a march

Energy secretary Grant Shapps is set to appear on the Martin Lewis Money Show

Energy secretary Grant Shapps to appear on the Martin Lewis Money Show

Leigh MP James Grundy

Leigh’s MP responds to criticism over long waits for GP appointments

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt may look to extend the current energy support scheme in the upcoming Budget, which would allow households to benefit from the current £2,500 cap for longer before it increases to £3,000 a year.

Hunt ‘poised to keep energy price cap down’ as support scheme ends

The British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) said pub landlords and breweries are struggling with the soaring cost of energy, alcohol and food

Pubs warn of 2000 closures without government support for energy bills

Ofgem announced the details on Monday.

Ofgem sets new price cap of £3,280

Tobacco duty set to rise causing a jump in cigarette prices

The government could tell GPs to issue less sick notes in order to boost the economy.

Government could tell GPs to sign fewer sick notes to boost economy

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy figures show households in Wigan consumed a total of 1,659 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of gas and 473 GWh of electricity in 2021. At the current charging rates capped by the Government with the Energy Price Guarantee, the approximate total cost of fuelling every home in Wigan in 2021 was £366m.

BP profits could fuel every household in Wigan for 63 years

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