Calls are mounting for Chancellor Rishi Sunak to take urgent action on the cost of living crisis as official figures showed inflation soaring to a 40-year high of 9% in the year to April, up from an already high 7% in March.
Charities, think tanks and opposition politicians said the UK Government needs to do more for the poorest households, who are being hit the worst during the crisis.
Households are struggling under the weight of prices that are increasing faster than at any point in more than a generation, data released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed on Wednesday.
