A government minister has suggested that people struggling with the cost of living should take on more hours or move to a better-paid job. Read more:
Rachel Maclean, the safeguarding minister, told Sky News' Kay Burley that those were some of the ways households could"protect themselves" as prices soar.
She said that every minister was looking at the issue as consumers face"short term pressures" such as high energy and food bills - and added that there was"more help coming".
"Of course, it's an individual situation, depending on that particular family's situation but that's why the job centres exist, that's why the work coaches exist, that's why we've put the support into those job centres - to work with individuals on their own individual situation.
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