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Hannah Walton-Hughes On Wednesday 15th March 2023, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jeremy Hunt, delivered his first Spring Budget. Widely referred to as the “Back to Work Budget”, Impact’s Hannah Walton-Hughes discusses the contents of the budget, and the effect it is likely to have on the cost of...

Laura Scaife Transport Secretary, Mark Harper, has confirmed a trial with London North Eastern Railway (LNER), which scrapped return train tickets, has been extended. The initial trial has been viewed as successful and will now be rolled out across the rest of the LNER network, with the potential for it to be...

On the 8th of February 2023, the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, made a surprise visit. President Zelensky was welcomed by British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak from a military transport plane used by the British Royal Air Force (RAF) at Stansted airport, London. Impact’s Mike Wong reports....

10 Downing Street has not given a denial that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was aware of informal complaints against Dominic Raab prior to his appointment as Deputy Prime Minister in October. Impact's Joseph Forward reports. ...

Hannah Walton-Hughes Following a year of serious Ministerial Code breaches and a controversy around PPE procurement, to name a few issues, the United Kingdom has received its lowest-ever position in the global Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI). Impact’s Hannah Walton-Hughes reports on the issue. The Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) has...

Nadhim Zahawi, the now former Chair of the Conservative Party, failed to disclose HMRC’s investigation into his tax affairs. As a result, Rishi Sunak sacked him from his Cabinet position on Sunday. Impact’s Hannah Walton-Hughes reports....

Train drivers are to go on strike on the 1st and 3rd of February, as union bosses rejected pay offers from rail companies. Impact’s Esme McKenzie reports....