Labour to force vote on emergency budget as UK inflation soars to 9%

Shadow chancellor renews call for windfall tax on oil and gas firms to offset cost of living crisis

Labour will force a vote in parliament on an emergency budget to help with the cost of living crisis asRachel Reeves, the shadow chancellor, said it was “unconscionable” that the government was piling taxes on working people in the middle of a crisis and repeated calls for a“Today’s inflation data will add to the worries families already face as prices soar and pay packets are crunched,” she said.

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