Politics live: Rishi Sunak admits next few months will be 'tough', but says he must be 'careful' amid calls to act on cost of living

'People are hurting now' with the cost of living and the govt is 'dithering and delaying' says Lib Dem leader Ed Davey, speaking on the Chancellor's comments yesterday. KayBurley: 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube

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The policy is being pushed hard by Labour - they think it's popular with voters and will help alleviate the squeeze on people's finances. The central theme of today's PMQs was the challenge of the cost of living crisis - with the Labour leader once again demanding a windfall tax on the profits of oil and gas companies.

"The key problem we face, and this is the biggest of all, is that we cannot allow ourselves to go into recession," the former party leader said.

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