BBC licence fee projected to rise to £200 within years

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The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) analysis estimates that 2.7 million people will stop paying the BBC licence fee by 2031

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The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) analysis estimates that 2.7 million people will stop paying the BBC licence fee by 2031

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The chancellor is understood to be considering private finance initiatives used by Gordon Brown to bring defence spending up

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The chancellor is understood to be considering private finance initiatives used by Gordon Brown to bring defence spending up

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The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) analysis estimates that 2.7 million people will stop paying the BBC licence fee by 2031

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The chancellor is understood to be considering private finance initiatives used by Gordon Brown to bring defence spending up

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The prime minister has spoken to ITV about his first 100 days in office

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The prime minister has spoken to ITV about his first 100 days in office

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The prime minister has spoken to ITV about his first 100 days in office

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The influential Institute for Fiscal Studies warns that ‘no amount of temporary cost of living packages’ will fix the lack of household income growth, in a damning indictment of Andy Burnham’s approach to government

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The influential Institute for Fiscal Studies warns that ‘no amount of temporary cost of living packages’ will fix the lack of household income growth, in a damning indictment of Andy Burnham’s approach to government

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The influential Institute for Fiscal Studies warns that ‘no amount of temporary cost of living packages’ will fix the lack of household income growth, in a damning indictment of Andy Burnham’s approach to government

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The chancellor vowed there would be a ‘reduction in the benefits bill’ before the next general election – and then Downing Street intervened

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The chancellor vowed there would be a ‘reduction in the benefits bill’ before the next general election – and then Downing Street intervened

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The chancellor vowed there would be a ‘reduction in the benefits bill’ before the next general election – and then Downing Street intervened

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Economists warned Healey’s first budget offered only a ‘raft of fiddly measures but very little that will move the dial on growth’

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