Cost-of-living: Christmas shoppers expected to spend £4.4bn less this year.

So much for consumer driven inflation @RishiSunak

#ToryCostOfGreedCrisis
#ToryCruelty

https://www.retailgazette.co.uk/blog/2022/10/christmas-shoppers-expected-to-spend-4-4bn-less/

Benefits increases in the autumn statement are still a real-terms cut

It may seem like a 10.1% benefits rise is good news, but it will not make up for years of cuts and conscious cruelty
#Benefits
#ToryCuts #ToryCruelty

https://www.thecanary.co/uk/2022/11/17/benefits-increases-in-the-autumn-statement-are-still-a-real-terms-cut/