the cost of living crisis from westminster. forweeks, the cost of living crisis from westminster. for weeks, the prime minister has been briefing that it s the treasury who are to blame for blocking financial support for struggling families. well, prime minister, it s time to stop sniping from the sidelines. if this chancellor won t deliver an emergency budget, it s time for the prime minister to sack the treasury, to sack the chancellor and to put somebody else in office. mr speaker, i think the right somebody else in office. mr speaker, i think the right honourable i think the right honourable gentleman should understand that i want to get back to the crucial point, we ve been to covid, facing a spike in global energy prices which has been greatly exacerbated by what putin is doing in ukraine, but to deal with it of course what we are doing is putting billions and billions already, 9.1 billion into supporting people with a cost of energy, cut fuel duty by a record
£22 billion into supporting it with the cost of living, 9.1 billion already to help people with the cost of energy and above all, i support what he has done to deliver a strong economic foundation which makes all that possible. my economic foundation which makes all that possible- that possible. my goodness, talk about an aesop that possible. my goodness, talk about an aesop fable. that possible. my goodness, talk about an aesop fable. every - that possible. my goodness, talk about an aesop fable. every day| about an aesop fable. every day this prime minister remains out of touch, people remain out of pocket and by the way, prime minister, £20 a week was taken out of people s. he s confirmed it would be silly to intervene. the tories only response to this cost of living crisis has been insults and inaction. the tory backbencher who thinks people, poor people just need cooking lessons, the tory minister who thinks people should just get a better paid job. and the chancellor who t
the government is already spending billions of pounds to help people struggling. the government has stepped up with an extra £9.1 billion, in addition to what we re doing with the cold weather payments and the warm homes allowance, mr speaker, and we will continue to support people throughout the aftershocks of covid, just as we did throughout the pandemic. let s talk to our political correspondent david wallace lockhart. imean, the i mean, the government keeps saying, we“re i mean, the government keeps saying, we re going to help people through, we re going to help people through, we are going to help people through the other side, the chancellor has said he will be there for people. is there any more concrete action to help people with their bills coming in the short term? help people with their bills coming in the short-term? in the short-term? victoria, the government in the short-term? victoria, the government has in the short-term? victoria, the government has for in th
minister has. we do give way but the prime minister has. ., ,, , ., ., ,, minister has. thank you. i thank the prime minister minister has. thank you. i thank the prime minister giving minister has. thank you. i thank the prime minister giving way, - minister has. thank you. i thank the prime minister giving way, we ve i minister has. thank you. i thank the | prime minister giving way, we ve had a lot of prime minister giving way, we ve had a lot of words, very rapidly delivered, but what we haven t heard yet is delivered, but what we haven t heard yet is an delivered, but what we haven t heard yet is an apology, an apology to the pensioners yet is an apology, an apology to the pensioners that are choosing between heating pensioners that are choosing between heating and eating, an apology to the children that have gone hungry throughout school holidays and an apology throughout school holidays and an apology to the hundreds of thousands of family apology to the hundreds