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The chancellor rishi sunak is being urged to take urgent action to tackle steep increases in the cost of living. tomorrow, he'll reveal his tax and spending plans in his spring statement in the house of commons. mps and pressure groups have called on him to provide help for people hard hit by increasesd in inflation and fuel costs. joining me now is carl emmerson, deputy director at the institute for fiscal studies. thanks forjoining us. the chancellor has pledged to the bbc that the government will help where it can to make a difference ahead of the spring statement, so where can it help? the...

When we produce a barrel of oil or natural gas in this country we get 80 to 90% of the benefit. if we have to import energy, it's about a dime. so, it has a multiplier effect on our economy. second, we need to reform our corporate tax code. it's unfair. it's not productive. most importantly, it dissuades capital investment. capital ininvestment is almost perfectly correlated with job creation. >> bret: it seems every year we talk about tax reform. >> what has happened is other countries have a much more simple and competitive corporate tax rate. we are the highest now of all the industrialized...