Thinktanks say chancellor must act to cushion impact of inflation on the poorest in spring statement
Photograph: Tayfun Salcı/ShutterstockPhotograph: Tayfun Salcı/Shutterstockfaces demands from economists across the political spectrum to increase benefits and the state pension by about 8% in his spring statement next week, in order to help alleviate the worst cost-of-living crisis for decades.
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