In a wide ranging interview with ITV News, Rishi Sunak said he was focused on dealing with the cost of living and wanted to reassure Britons that the UK will come out of the crisis “stronger on the other side”.

The chancellor insisted he is focused on helping Britons deal with easing financial pressures, and he said he wanted to “reassure” people that the UK will get through the crisis.

He refused, however, to criticise the Bank of England after its former governor Lord King suggested it should have moved faster to raise interest rates given inflation recently reached a 40-year high.

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