PMQs LIVE: Boris Johnson to be grilled as inflation hits 40-year high of 9%
dailyrecord.co.ukBoris Johnson is set to face members of parliament in the House of Commons later today at Prime Ministers Questions. Labour leader Keir Starmer will go head-to-head at PMQs with Johnson where he could press him on a number of issues from the cost-of-living crisis to sleaze in parliament.
Other topics that are likely to come up could be the Northern Ireland Protocol, the war in Ukraine and the rise in inflation.
The rate of Consumer Prices Index inflation increased to 9 per cent in April from 7 per cent in March, the Office for National Statistics has said.It comes as the Commons was left in shock on Tuesday after an MP was arrested on suspicion of rape and sexual assault.He has now been released on bail pending further investigation by the Metropolitan Police in London.A statement from the Tory whips' office said: "The chief whip has asked that the MP concerned does not attend the Parliamentary estate while an investigation is ongoing."Until the conclusion of the investigation we will not be commenting further." To sign up to the Daily Record Politics newsletter, click here. The cost of living in the UK has increased at its fastest rate for four decades as soaring energy bills put millions of households under pressure.Consumer Prices Index inflation rose to 9% in the year to April, up from an already high 7% in March, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said.It was the fastest measured rate since records began in 1989, and the ONS estimates it was the highest since 1982.A large portion of the rise was due to the price cap on energy bills, which was hiked by 54% for the average household at the start of the month.Grant Fitzner, chief economist at the ONS, said: "Inflation rose steeply in April, driven by the sharp
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