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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Larry Elliott Economics editor

Gordon Brown urges Sunak to address cost of living crisis in spring statement

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The price cap on bills will be lifted from £1,277 to £1,971 in April. Photograph: The Guardian design. Composite: Guardian Design

Former prime minister Gordon Brown has warned the chancellor, Rishi Sunak, that millions more people will be plunged into fuel poverty unless the government uses next week’s spring statement to ease the UK’s cost of living crisis.

A letter to the chancellor, organised by Brown and signed by more than 70 Labour local government leaders, urged the chancellor to adopt a five-pronged approach to help those struggling to make ends meet.

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