One in three Britons will be unable to afford the cost of living this year – help is needed now for the worst off
With or without a cost of living emergency the UK government looked vulnerable. A chancellor losing his once golden touch, a prime minister questioned by police about partying in lockdown. Boris Johnson’s party veers from scandal to scandal.
That households are experiencing the biggest squeeze on living standards since modern records began in the 1950s adds insult to injury, ahead of a local election campaign that will test the Conservative vote-winning machine. For those out canvassing for the party before next month’s polls, what positive news is there to talk about?
