If Boris Johnson wants to understand how tough it is for families right now he should read his own Government’s reports.
A Department for the Environment survey has found that falling incomes have left millions with less to spend on food.
This will only get worse as energy prices rise still further, taxes go up and inflation wipes out any wage gains.
While households struggle, the Treasury is set to net nearly £1billion in extra tax receipts this April from the increase in fuel bills.
Rishi Sunak should use this to help households with the cost of living. At the very least he should cut VAT on energy bills by 5%.
We face a cost of living emergency. Some families can’t afford to feed their children.
Pensioners are having to turn off the heating to save money.
The only people who are blind to this crisis are the PM and his blinkered Chancellor.
No vaxx loser
Footballers such as Marcus Rashford and Raheem Sterling have shown how sports stars can use their fame for good.
Pampered tennis player Novak Djokovic could learn a lot from them.
As one of the world’s most successful sportsmen, he carries a lot of influence.
Yet his opposition to the Covid jab plays into the hand of the dangerous anti-vaxx movement and undermines global efforts to encourage people to have the vaccination.
Nobody should have any sympathy as he is detained in an Australian immigration hotel.
The people who deserve our compassion are the 36 refugees in the same hotel, some of whom have been there for eight years.
Trail-blazer
The world of cinema is in mourning today following the death of Sir Sidney Poitier.
One of the finest actors of his generation, he smashed down the doors of racism in America with his trail-blazing performances.
He opened our eyes and he opened the doors of Hollywood to black actors.
