Rishi Sunak is considering increasing the warm home discount and cutting taxes to help struggling Brits cope with the cost of living crisis
Opening the final day of the six-day Queen's Speech debate, shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves will highlight the "unfair" tax system adding to the squeeze on wages.
"That's why the Conservatives must back our motion today, not just for them to come forward with an emergency budget to tackle the cost-of-living crisis, but to set out the plan Britain deserves to get our economy firing on all cylinders," she is expected to add.
But those who have put on record their support for an emergency budget could face questions over why they did not back the measure when they had the chance. Mr Johnson has promised measures to help ease the pain of wages falling further behind soaring inflation, but was resisting caving in to demands for a fully-fledged budget.Soaring bills, rising inflation and hikes national insurance and council tax have all reduced the amount of money Brits have in their pockets.
With costs spiralling and wages falling ever-further behind, more people have had to resort to drastic measures like skipping meals or not heating their homes in order to make ends meet.
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