The cost-of living crisis continues to worsen with no end in sight. The Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, decided now was a good time to raise National Insurance, cut benefits and increase the cost of energy even after the discovery of his wife’s “non-dom” status and his receipt of a fixed-penalty notice for breaking lockdown rules.
All of this as the cost of Brexit becomes ever more apparent. I am still waiting to see any economic benefit; the only issue is how great the cost will be. For the UK, being outside a free-trade area looking in is a very bad place to be.
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