INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
As Britons suffer from record inflation levels, the British Chancellor in charge of limiting the effects of skyrocketing prices of food
man to lead the country out of the economic crisis as he is out of touch with how ordinary households are suffering.Sunak, a former hedge
fund manager, and his Indian heiress wife, Akshata Murty, were named on the Sunday Times rich list as the 222nd wealthiest persons in the
on the Chancellor to do more to help households struggling with inflation, which hit 9% in April, its highest level in 40 years, and soaring
energy bills made worse by the crisis in Ukraine.The British Chancellor attended a Confederation of British Industry dinner, where he said
The next few months will be tough
the IT company Infosys, founded by her billionaire father.After a barrage of public outrage, Murty bowed to pressure to pay UK taxes,
development comes as many sectors in British society are struggling to make ends meet, as the cost of living crisis spirals out of
control.Among the most recently affected is staff working for the medical sector where it emerged hospitals in the UK are setting up food
to pay rent, food or fuel, while thousands are considering leaving the profession over the lack of any significant pay rise.As a result, at
least six NHS trusts have been forced to set up food banks or food voucher programs to help their staff cope with the rising costs of
living.The chair of healthcare and workforce modelling at London South Bank University, Professor Alison Leary, told British media that he
midwives and health assistants in financial difficulties, there has been a 140 percent increase in the number of medical workers seeking
help in the first four months of 2022, compared to the same period in 2021.However, the British Justice Secretary, Dominic Raab, says it was
day-to-day struggles to make ends meet.The UK now has a record 177 billionaires, up six on 2021
Policy Research George Dibbs, says the coronavirus pandemic had allowed already extremely wealthy people to increase their fortunes while
us again that vast wealth often begets more wealth
a founding member of Patriotic Millionaires UK, a group of super-rich people calling for the introduction of a wealth tax, said the list
the ranks of the richest people in the UK, while he and the government refuse to consider taxing wealth over work, is a shocking insight
Meanwhile, the rich, as always, are sitting pretty
This disparity has to be fixed
It is political and economic negligence that our politicians are not focused on dealing with the extreme wealth gap at a time of national
army veterans.Since March 2020, organizations have reported a 50 percent jump in the number of former Armed Services personnel becoming
homeless, or at risk of becoming so.The already worrying numbers are set to rise further as the cost of living skyrockets.At least 12
to take more responsibility in identifying and helping homeless veterans.Tina Fairbrass, a mother-of-one has been reported in British media
as complaining about the hardship in trying to find a new home for her and her three-year-old daughter.Fairbrass is said to have joined the
