Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is considering to address regional cost of living inequalities.

There is excellence right across the country and this government is backing it: lifting living standards and putting more money in people’s pockets. The recent Budget announced that the government is taking around £150 on average off household energy bills, expanding the £150 Warm Home Discount to 6 million lower income households, freezing regulated rail fares and NHS prescription fees for one-year, and extending temporary 5p fuel duty cut until the end of August 2026.

These measures will help people across the country with the cost of living.