Chancellor Rishi Sunak should "suck in his ideology" to fix the cost of living crisis, consumer expert Martin Lewis has urged. The MoneySavingExpert founder said the UK government has the money to alleviate further the worst effects of rising energy prices.
His comments come days before Mr Sunak is due to give his spring statement in the House of Commons. The chancellor refused on Sunday to give any details about upcoming tax policy but said he recognised the next few months were "not going to be easy" for households under financial pressure and vowed to "stand by" them.
Speaking to Sophie Raworth on the BBC's Sunday Morning programme, Mr Lewis said he was "virtually out of tools to help people" as pressures from the pandemic recovery, Brexit, net-zero policies and the Ukraine war collectively push up prices. He said: "Do we want to be in a country – and I say it without hyperbole – with those on the lowest incomes genuinely choosing between whether they starve or whether they freeze?
