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The cost-of-living crisis will not be one that is felt equally, warns CLAUDIA WEBBE MP

FOR Christmas this year, this Tory government of the super-rich has given the British public a cost-of-living crisis that will hit the most vulnerable hardest.

Between the uncontrolled pandemic, inflation and the end of Covid support schemes, households across the country are facing a difficult winter.

UK household incomes could be down £1,000 next year, according to analysis by the Resolution Foundation think tank, as rising prices combine with welfare benefit cuts and rising taxes.

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