Money saving expert Martin Lewis has warned that the cost of living is a “national crisis” as he slammed Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss’ plans that could “leave millions destitute and in danger this winter." Lewis' voice rose with emotion as he compared the crisis to Covid and demanded the government act now over the "terrible cataclysmic risk millions of people in our nation face this winter”.
He told ITV’s Good Morning Britain: “What we’re facing here is a financial emergency that risks lives." The downbeat expert told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme: “This is a national crisis on the scale that we saw in the pandemic.
“We are currently in that position where we are watching the beds in European hospitals and doing nothing about it and allowing people to go to sporting events.” It comes as the energy bills price cap is forecast to hit top £4,200 in January - more than three times what bills were a year earlier, as seen in The Mirror.