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Rising prices are squeezing millions of households. We've broken down exactly what's changing - and where to get help during the cost of living crisis.

On a visit to Stockton-on-Tees, Mr Johnson said the £21billion package of support was a very, very substantial commitment to help families through a bumpy time as household bills soar.

Hundreds of thousands of households across the north of Ireland and millions more in Britain are to receive payments as part of a new £15 billion package to help with the rising cost of living, the UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced.

The Chancellor’s embrace of tax and spend weakens the Tories’ strongest attack lines against the opposition.

Rishi Sunak insisted handing out hundreds of pounds for every household was a balanced response to soaring energy bills.

And we wouldnt have done this had we, frankly, had an easier set of choices in front of us. the situation, even since we brought forward the spring statement back in march, has grown more serious. and the plight of households up and down the country has worsened. and weve had to take that into account. and we only had the data this week from 0fgem about what they think the october price cap is likely to be. and thats been a crucial moment in crystallising finally what we do and, crucially, the t...

Rishi Sunak has suggested wealthy people who do not need financial assistance from the Government to pay their rising energy bills should donate a new £400 handout to charity.

The Chancellor Rishi Sunak has laid out steps to help people with food and fuel costs. Will it be enough? Experts and politicians weigh in.

ON Thursday, the penny finally dropped for the last person in Britain left unaware that households were facing a generational cost of living crisis.

THE Prime Minister will not receive another fine for the series of events and activities in Downing Street that he attended.