NHS prescription charges are set to be frozen in England in a bid to ease the cost of living crisis.
It comes amid fears that the squeeze on family incomes is damaging the Tories.
The freeze, which is the first for 12 years, will save patients £17 million, the Department of Health and Social Care said. The move comes after Boris Johnson instructed ministers to come up with measures to ease the pressure on household budgets due to soaring global prices.
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