Rishi Sunak has hinted there may be help for families battling the cost of living crisis in next week’s mini-budget.
Hard-pressed Brits are being squeezed by rising energy bills, sky-rocketing petrol prices and an increase in national insurance contributions. The chancellor told Tory activists at the Conservative conference in Blackpool today: “Where we can make a difference… I’m always going to do that.”
It come as the government has ditched plans to limit MPs’ earnings from second jobs in a major rethink over the issue which sparked a sleaze scandal at Westminster, prompting Sir Keir Starmer to accuse the PM of “breaking his promise yet again”.
Meanwhile, from Friday, Ukrainian refugees without family members in the UK will be able to apply for visas under the new “Homes for Ukraine” scheme.
More than 150,000 Britons have registered their interest in taking in Ukrainians, and the government is currently working with a number of charities and NGOs to work out the best way to match people with host families.
