- 25 September 2022
“We've made sure that no family, no household is having to pay more than £2,500 on those energy bills”.
PM Liz Truss, CNN
- 25 September 2022
“that’s not true… we’ve actually put more money into peoples’ pockets, that’s why we’ve reversed the National Insurance increase… we’re bringing forward the cut in the basic rate… I want to see, over the next year, people retaining more of their income.”
Kwasi Kwarteng, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sky News
- 24 September 2022
“[The government is] throwing everything [at helping people on lower incomes] in particular”
Chris Philp, Chief Secretary to the Treasury, LBC
- 23 September 2022
It was impossible because it would have taken 11 weeks.
Spokesman for Kwasi Kwarteng to journalist Adam Bienkov