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Debate between Flick Drummond and Nadia Whittome
Tuesday 7th May 2024

(7 months, 2 weeks ago)

Commons Chamber
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Flick Drummond Portrait Mrs Flick Drummond (Meon Valley) (Con)
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11. What fiscal steps he is taking to support households with the cost of living.

Nadia Whittome Portrait Nadia Whittome (Nottingham East) (Lab)
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18. What fiscal steps he is taking to support households with increases in the cost of living.

Jeremy Hunt Portrait The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Jeremy Hunt)
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Over the last two years, cost of living support has totalled £96 billion, or an average of £3,400 per household. As a result, living standards, which were predicted to fall 2% last year, rose by nearly 1%, and we are on track to reach pre-pandemic living standards two years early.