Spring Statement 2022: UK to face biggest fall in living standards since records began

2.2% fall in 2022-23

Elliot Gulliver-Needham
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As Chancellor Rishi Sunak made his Spring Statement this afternoon, the Office for Budget Responsibility announced that inflation and tax rises will cause living standards to fall by 2.2% in 2022-23, the greatest fall since records began in 1956.

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