Budget

Rishi Sunak’s Eat Out To Help Out discount scheme cost taxpayers £849million – 70% over budget

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The soaring cost of Eat Out To Help Out: Rishi Sunak’s discount scheme to help pubs and restaurants cost taxpayers £849million – 70% OVER its £500million estimate – after 49,000 firms claimed for more than 160million meals in August The Treasury estimated that the scheme would cost £500million in total But it overshot the mark … Read more

Poland and Hungary block EU budget and warn row could BREAK union

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Poland has warned that an escalating funding row could cause ‘a break-up of the EU’ after it teamed up with ally Hungary to block the coronavirus rescue budget that ‘blackmailed countries into accepting migrants’. On Monday, the two countries blocked the EU’s 2021-2027 budget and the recovery plan, worth a combined 1.85 trillion euros (£1.65 trillion), … Read more

Hungary and Poland plunge EU into political crisis by blocking £1.65trillion covid rescue budget

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Hungary and Poland plunged the EU into political crisis by blocking a £1.65 trillion coronavirus rescue budget that they claimed ‘blackmailed countries into accepting migrants’. On Monday, the two countries blocked the 2021-2027 budget and the recovery plan, worth a combined 1.85 trillion euros (£1.65 trillion), because access to the funds would be conditional on respecting … Read more

Rishi Sunak in bid to curb foreign aid budget

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Rishi Sunak in bid to curb foreign aid budget: Chancellor wants 0.7% target axed as he struggles with public finance crisis Rishi Sunak wants to shelve foreign aid target during public finances crisis  Chancellor and PM will meet to decide fate of the country’s overseas handouts The UK is legally committed to spending 0.7 per … Read more

Couple use budget buys to build playhouse for four-year-old daughter’s birthday

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A couple who were quoted £1,500 for a playhouse have revealed how they used budget buys to build their own version for their four-year-old daughter’s birthday.   Amy Townsend, 27, and her partner Morgan, from Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, were determined to make their daughter’s dreams come true with a playhouse a reality despite the inflated prices. The couple … Read more

Philophobia: Low budget film hits cinemas as James Bond postponed

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Low-budget film director gets his movie  on the big screen by cold calling local cinemas after Bond movie was shelved Guy Davies, 29, from Stroud, Gloucestershire just finished his debut movie  The coming of age drama Philophobia will be shown in 50 cinemas nationwide The low-budget movie received most of its funding from people in … Read more

The Block’s Tash Pavlou breaks down in tears after admitting ‘our budget is just destroyed’

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‘I’m just starting to feel a little bit sick’: The Block’s Tash Pavlou breaks down in tears and walks off after admitting ‘our budget is just destroyed’ By Demeter Stamell For Daily Mail Australia Published: 09:06 GMT, 28 October 2020 | Updated: 09:06 GMT, 28 October 2020 The pressure of being on The Block got … Read more

Sunak’s bailout package sends budget deficit towards £400bn 

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Sunak’s latest bailout package sends Britain’s annual budget deficit towards £400bn By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:56 BST, 22 October 2020 | Updated: 22:30 BST, 22 October 2020 Rishi Sunak’s latest bailout package for businesses could push Britain’s annual budget deficit above £400billion, experts warned last night. Business leaders hailed the generosity … Read more

Budget fashion retailer Shein is ridiculed online for a VERY high-cut £9.99 bodysuit

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Perfect for the return of Borat! Budget fashion retailer Shein is ridiculed for a VERY high-cut £9.99 bodysuit which resembles his famous ‘mankini’ Shein has been mercilessly mocked online for selling a very high-cut bodysuit  Customers left in hysterics after discovering the £9.99 garment on its website  Many shoppers said the barely-there black bodysuit resembled ‘Borat’s … Read more