Evening Standard Comment: Rishi Sunak must act on the cost of living crisis

'Britons want to help Ukraine, but they are fearful too of being forced to choose between eating and heating their homes' ESComment

is set for March 23. The Chancellor must urgently use it to set out how he intends to grapple with falling living standards, how additional defence spending will be funded, what he’ll do about inflation, food and the National Insurance rise. If he continues to opposeBritons want to help Ukraine, but they are fearful too of being forced to choose between eating and heating their homes. The Government must meet this cost of living crisis head on.

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