FINANCE Minister Kate Forbes has joined her counterparts in Wales and Northern Ireland to highlight “significant gaps” in cost-of-living support and call for urgent action from the UK Government.
In a joint letter to Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi – who replaced leadership hopeful Rishi Sunak earlier this month – the three ministers have said the focus should be on targeted support for the worst hit by soaring prices, rather than broad-based tax reductions.
