'What planet is the Chancellor on?': Families, business owners and self-employed workers react to spring statement - and warn it 'consigns swathes of the public into a downward spiral into poverty'
Rishi Sunak has attempted to alleviate the pain for millions of families, workers and business owners today as he unveiled several measures to combat the cost-of-living crisis. As inflation is forecast to hit 8.7 per cent and wages fail to keep pace with rising prices, the Chancellor was forced to transform his spring statement into a mini budget to help alleviate pressures on purse strings and business accounts…
