Spring Statement 2022: Measures to tackle cost of living crisis 'unlikely to go far enough'

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Chancellor Rishi Sunak has laid out a plan to support families and businesses in the Spring Statement 2022, but some have argued it does not go far enough as the UK cost of living crisis worsens amid rising inflation, while the economic fallout of war in Ukraine is yet to be known.

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