The UK Government have been condemned as, “fiddling while society burns”, by a Renfrewshire MP. SNP man Gavin Newlands made the claim as the Chancellor announced details of his spring statement. Inflation hit 6.2% on the same day as the statement and is now forecast to hit 7.4% over the course of this year. Calls had been made for the Chancellor to take bold action over the growing cost of living crisis. But campaigners were left disappointed when the main measures were annou

A local MP has urged the UK Government to deliver real help as the cost of living crisis deepens. The call came as new figures showed petrol prices reaching as high as 177p a litre in Renfrewshire, with costs elsewhere hitting nearly £2 a litre. National Insurance payments are currently scheduled to increase by over 10% from next month, while food inflation is at its highest rate in over a decade. And new research by the independent Resolution Foundation found that the poores