The government's new cost of living tsar says he wants 'old friends and colleagues... to help the British people'.
He said his three measures of success would be making real practical interventions to get food shops, utilities and leisure businesses to cut costs.
The latest tsar - Mr Buttress - is a proud Welshman. He is chairman of Dragons rugby union club in Newport, and a prominent supporter of Welsh independence. Asked if he stood by these views he said: "You have to bear in mind I had never met any of the team in No 10, least of all obviously the prime minister.""There's a really important job to do here - I think it says everything about this government and the prime minister that actually they're putting someone like me in place, who really cares about it, who wants to make a big impact in this area.
"All of us are in it together, which is why I want my old colleagues in business and industry to come to the party in the next six months and help." "At 11-years-old I went and got a paper round so I could make a contribution to help my mum out in the weekly shop. Chancellor Rishi Sunak last month announced a £15bn package to help the most vulnerable cope with rising costs.
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