Cost of Living

Part of Treasury – in the House of Commons at on 7 May 2024.

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Photo of Jeremy Hunt Jeremy Hunt The Chancellor of the Exchequer

Over the last two years, cost of living support has totalled £96 billion, or an average of £3,400 per household. As a result, living standards, which were predicted to fall 2% last year, rose by nearly 1%, and we are on track to reach pre-pandemic living standards two years early.