Labour responds to inflation rising to 9%

Rachel Reeves MP, Labour’s Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer, responding to inflation rising to 9%, said: 

“Today’s inflation data will add to the worries families already face as prices soar and pay packets are crunched. 

“It makes it even more unconscionable that – while they pile taxes on working people in the midst of this crisis – the Conservatives voted last night against a windfall tax on oil and gas producer profits to cut families’ energy bills. 

“Our country faces a cost of living crisis, and a growth crisis. Neither are inevitable but a consequence of government policies and Conservative choices.

“We need an Emergency Budget now from the government to tackle the cost of living crisis, and we need a real plan for growth so we have a fairer and more prosperous economy.”