Edwina Currie hit out at Ranvir Singh on Good Morning Britain as she told her 'not to put words in her mouth' over the Boris Johnson fine debacle.
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Boris Johnson has admitted the government needs "to do more" to tackle the growing cost of living crisis plaguing the UK.
It comes after Chancellor Rishi Sunak received a wave of criticism for failing to go far enough to protect living standards in the spring statement which was announced in the House of Commons on Wednesday. The Prime Minister noted how the cost of living crisis is "the single biggest thing we're having to fix."
The Office for Budget Responsibility warned that living standards face their biggest fall in a single year since records began in the mid-1950s. The Resolution Foundation think tank warned that 1.3 million people - including 500,000 children - will be pushed into absolute poverty as soaring inflation outstrips increases in pay and benefits.
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Mr Johnson acknowledged “it will continue to be tough, it will continue to be choppy, but we will get through it and we will look after people throughout”.
Speaking on LBC Radio he noted how “as we go forward, we need to do more” and “the cost of living is the single biggest thing we’re having to fix, and we will fix it”. Mr Sunak also hinted that there more help towards energy bills will be delivered later in the year.
The Resolution Foundation, which focuses on living standards, said the package of measures announced by Mr Sunak on Wednesday will do little to ease the impact of inflation, which is forecast to hit a 40-year high. Average working-age household incomes are set to fall by 4% in real-terms in 2022-23, a loss of £1,100, while the largest falls will be among the poorest quarter of households where incomes are set to fall by 6%, the think tank said.
It warned the lack of support
Edwina Currie hit out at Ranvir Singh on Good Morning Britain as she told her 'not to put words in her mouth' over the Boris Johnson fine debacle.
Pressure is growing on Boris Johnson to resign after it was revealed he will be issued with a fixed penalty notice fine by the Met Police. His wife Carrie Johnson and Chancellor Rishi Sunak will also been issued with a fine.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak and Johnson’s wife Carrie are all set to be fined by the London Metropolitan Police for breaking lockdown rules in the UK in 2020 and 2021.
Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak will both face fines referred by the Metropolitan Police for breaking COVID lockdown rules by attending parties at Downing Street and Whitehall.The Prime Minister and the Chancellor of the Exchequer, along with Johnson’s wife Carrie, have been notified about the fixed penalty notices, which are the latest conclusions from the Met Police’s investigation.Labour has called for both Johnson and Sunak to resign, while Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey demanded parliament be recalled for a vote of confidence in Johnson.Keir Starmer, leader of the Labour Party, said: “Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak have broken the law and repeatedly lied to the British public. They must both resign.
Naman Ramachandran London’s Metropolitan Police will fine U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak over lockdown violations in 2020 and 2022.In what has been dubbed “Partygate” by the British media, it emerged towards the end of last year that there were a series of parties in the Prime Minister’s residence, No.
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