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PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Consumer Prices Index (19 December 2017)

Question Asked

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessments his Department has made of the implications for its policies in the increase of consumer prices since June 2016.

Asked by:
Anna McMorrin (Labour)

Answer

Inflation is expected to fall over the coming year, but the government recognises that families are feeling a squeeze now.

The government is helping with the cost of living today by letting people keep more of what they earn, raising the National Living Wage, freezing duty on fuel and alcohol, and tackling housing costs.


Answered by:
Steve Barclay (Conservative)
8 January 2018

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