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Living standards set to plunge and PM wades into P&O Ferries row

Government
Rob Gill
24 March 2022

The UK is set to suffer its steepest fall in living standards since the 1950s according to new official figures as the cost-of-living crisis deepens.

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Thursday’s headlines are dominated by chancellor Rishi Sunak’s attempts to ease the financial pain for households, including a cut in fuel duty and raising the threshold for paying National Insurance.

Elsewhere, the row over the sacking of 800 workers by P&O Ferries rumbles on after prime minister Boris Johnson said the move may have been “illegal”. 

Here are the main headlines the travel industry woke up to on Thursday (24 March).

 

Biggest fall in living standards since the 1950s