Rishi Sunak’s Spring Statement 2022 is useless

[[Rishi Sunak]]‘s [[Spring Statement 2022]] is useless.

Because

• [[Lack of help from Rishi Sunak for struggling UK families will push 1.3m into poverty]]
• It will be the first large increase in number of people pushed into poverty outside of a recession (Lack of help from Rishi Sunak for struggling UK families will push 1.3m into …)
• Two out of every three pounds from the chancellor’s giveaways would go to those in the richest half of the population (UK’s most vulnerable face crunch as Rishi Sunak helps better-off | Spring sta…)
• It has not shielded pensioners and those dependent on state benefits from the [[cost of living crisis]] (UK’s most vulnerable face crunch as Rishi Sunak helps better-off | Spring sta…)
• Benefits will rise by just 3.1% for the coming financial year. Cost of living could well rise by 10%. (UK’s most vulnerable face crunch as Rishi Sunak helps better-off | Spring sta…)