British Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is to announce his budget this Wednesday.
But it is already being predicted as a stable if not a boring budget.
His statement in the House of Commons comes in the middle of the cost of living crisis that has seen foodbank use increase locally by a record high in March.
And that is on top of the 318% increase between January 2022 and January 2023.
This is while families locally are facing a more than 8% hike in their rates bills, which all the big parties in Derry City and Strabane District Council voted for.
Fuel and energy cost remains criminally high while corporations made billions in profits.
Real savings being made by these companies are not being properly passed on to customers at the pumps or in their home heating bills.
In a statement, Ellen Moore of the Cost of Living Crisis Campaign said: “The cost of food in our supermarkets is rising on a daily basis.
“Food inflation has risen by 14.5% in February, fresh food inflation by a even greater 16.3% which makes it more difficult for parents to make healthy choices for their children.
“Families across the North have been more affected by the rise in prices, cuts to services and the lower rate of pay for workers than families in other regions.
“In this context the British government has found itself with additional tens of billions of pounds they had set aside.
“The last thing we need is a boring budget. We need one which redistributes wealth into the bank accounts of working families.
“We call on the Secretary of State to insist there is more funding to address the cost-of-living emergency and its disproportional effect on families locally.”
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