BBCNEWS BBC News June 4, 2024 13:21:00
One big problem is that rising prices affect the poorest people the most and, although things like state benefits and state pensions do go up in line with inflation, the increase doesn't take effect straightaway, so while people are grappling with higherfood prices and energy bills now, they won't see higher incomes until next april, and there are growing calls for that to change. our economy is driven by consumer spending. without people having pounds in their pockets to go out and buy products for the businesses, we will risk getting into that terrible recessionary spiral, and we have got to...