Is the UK heading for a cost of living squeeze?

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Prime Minister Boris Johnson is facing pressure to take action to curb the growing cost of living. Mortgage rates, council tax and national insurance are all due to rise this year. Moreover, Octopus Energy's chief executive, Greg Jackson, has said that it is impossible to know yet how high household energy bills might go. The BBC’s Rowan Bridge hears from people who have already been affected. Today’s Martha Kearney speaks to Torsten Bell of the Resolution Foundation, before asking the business minister, Paul Scully, how the government plans to tackle the issue.

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