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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Dan Bloom & Nina Lloyd

Poorest Brits could be £1,600 a year worse off - even after cost-of-living payments

The cost of living crisis could leave the poorest Brits £1,600-a-year worse off - even AFTER government payments are taken into account.

A new report found support for low-income households has fallen short of offsetting the losses they face as prices soar.

Yet Boris Johnson has rejected pleas to hold an emergency budget now, or hold regular meetings of COBRA to deal with the crisis, or recall Parliament.

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