06/10/2026
We are being inundated with messages following the Budget, and the level of frustration being expressed is impossible to ignore.
Once again, many people feel that the very real pressures they are facing have simply not been addressed.
After everything that was said in the lead-up to this Budget about the cost of living and the difficulties facing ordinary households, workers and businesses, people expected meaningful support.
Instead, many are now asking the same question: where is the relief we were promised?
We share that frustration, and we are extremely disappointed by what has been delivered.
We are reading your messages and taking on board what people are telling us from across the country.
Please bear with us while we prepare a full update and outline where we go from here.
More shortly.