The Independent – Sunak rewrites budget as cost of living crisis grows
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The Independent – Sunak rewrites budget as cost of living crisis grows
The Independent’s headline reads: “Sunak rewrites budget as cost of living crisis grows.” The paper reports the Chancellor is under pressure to act on hikes in energy and fuel bills. The paper says the Chancellor made the last-minute changes to Wednesday’s “mini-budget after he was warned he faced a ‘moment of truth’. The front page features an image of a Ukrainian man being stopped and searched by armed pro- Russian separatists with the headline: ‘Mariupol residents ‘deported’ to Russia’.
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