Cost of Living Measures Welcome but Government Will Need to Be Bolder

National wages war on the poor

How cruel do you have to be to raise rents for some of our poorest citizens during a cost of living crisis?

Cost of living measures welcome but government will need to be bolder

Reeves must be bolder and “wage war on bills” to tackle the cost of living, says IPPR

Responding to Rachel Reeves’s speech Harry Quilter-Pinner, executive director at IPPR, said:  “The Chancellor is right to cut costs for families this summer, but the cost-of-living crisis demands much bolder action. The government needs to wage an all-out war on bills.“Ministers should show working people whose side the government is on by capping rents, using competition policy to tackle price gouging, and shifting the tax burden from work to w…