After Rishi Sunak unveiled his plans to tackle the cost of living crisis, LBC's Westminster Correspondent BenKentish gives a summary of the Chancellor's Spring Statement. Read more:
Employment Allowance for small businesses to increase
Critics say the new measures don't go far enough to tackle the cost of living crisis including inflation which is soaring to a 30-year high. Rachel Reeves told the Commons: "At the weekend the Chancellor was asked about fuel poverty and he didn't even know the numbers.
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