following on from the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement.
Read more: On the streets of Lancashire where Jeremy Hunt's Autumn Statement was about as hot as a lukewarm cup of tea Similarly, she said the decision to keep the triple lock on pensions and raise benefits would end up being ‘wiped out by rising costs, prices, energy bills,’ pointing to the impending harsher rules for benefits claimants on seeking work mid recession and a possible rise in unemployment.
Her anger is backed by Diane Ireland, of Fylde based food bank Fresh Food for Working Families. She told Lancs Live: "The government needs to admit inflation is more like 15% not 11%. Energy and food are essentials, not sofas and such which you may buy every decade.
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