is very helpful by announcing this today for downing street, putting things in the agenda that they want to talk about just things in the agenda that they want to talk aboutjust before parliament breaks for recess. breaks for recess. helen at westminster, breaks for recess. helen at westminster, thank - breaks for recess. helen at westminster, thank you i breaks for recess. helen at i westminster, thank you very breaks for recess. helen at - westminster, thank you very much. the government s support package comes as millions of people around the country are already struggling with the soaring price of food, energy and other key goods. 0ur consumer affairs correspondent colletta smith has been talking to people in warrington and finding out how the measures would help them. rising prices are the talk of the town from food banks. to workplaces- town from food banks. to workplaces. mark and his wife emma workplaces. mark and his wife emma work full time but with three boys at home
much the case any more. that means paying at home, household budgets squeezed, more poverty and hunger and homelessness. but also the point is it is affecting everything will household, and the question is this. when you have that, does an inflation problem turn into a growth problem and cause a recession? 0ur political correspondent nick eardley is in westminster. the government have said they are ready to do more on multiple occasions when? that is the big question. the prime minister has been saying in the last hour that everybody knows that more support is coming. the question is how extensive that will be, and how quickly it will be delivered. the debate this week has focused on the idea of a windfall tax on energy companies. the idea would be to take some of the excess profits that energy companies have made and use that as support for people with paying their bills. labour have been
than months to come back down again. the forecast of the bank of england is that it will only take months. the reason is important. in the late 70s, unions, workers had big bargaining power in order to match their wage rises with the inflation rises. not so much the case any more. that means pain at home, household budgets are squeezed, more poverty, hunger and homelessness but also the point is it s affecting every household and the question is, when you have that, does an inflation problem turn into a growth problem and a risk of inflation? so how are you trying to cope with the big increases in the cost of living? 0ur consumer affairs correspondent colletta smith reports. when shopping is like a tenner more sometimes per week, itjust gets so much more expensive. bread, i mean, that s gone up. i think the bread that i have has gone up about 50p. kira is 19 and lives in greater manchester on her student loan and wages from her part timejob.
told michasel fabricant to take it down. ., so how are you trying to cope with the big increases in the cost of living? 0ur consumer affairs correspondent colletta smith reports. when shopping is like a tenner more sometimes per week, itjust gets so much more expensive. bread, i mean, that s gone up. i think the bread that i have has gone up about 50p. kira is 19 and lives in greater manchester on her student loan and wages from her part timejob. but it s not easy. before the student loan in april, i had £17 in my bank left. nothing, no savings, no nothing. when it comes to affording shopping at the moment, how are you making ends meet? i shop less, so i shop every two weeks now. i try and get a big batch of chicken and then i freeze it all so it doesn t go out of date, and then i will make sure that i split them up and make meals, maybe make, like, a batch meal. i saw people doing this. and kira has another trick too.
crisis and lots of measures only help people who are working. if you re disabled, unable to work or a pensioner then none of these measures are going to really help them. the government has space to do more to support the economy. they did it during the pandemic and it was protecting businesses, protecting families, so the right thing to do is to learn positives from that and to do more support now. . ~ from that and to do more support now. ., ~ , ., in ukraine, more than 1200 bodies of civilians have been recovered by police in the kyiv region since the russians pulled out early last month. officers say their priority is to make people feel safe again, as well as gather evidence of potential war crimes. one of them, a man called ivan simeroz, lost six members of his own family in a single missile strike. he returned to work just three days later. 0ur correspondent in