Ministers’ call for tax relief

It's a slap in the face for the government to spend the extra tax it is raising from businesses on state-run marketing campaigns - doubtless focused on big businesses with corporate offers that can now be rebranded as helping the cost of living crisis, and so boost their sales, he told the BBC.

Asking this group to soak up additional costs is not realistic, especially when so many are worried about basic survival and have already cut all expenses, even necessary ones, to the bone.