'How are we supposed to live?' Mancs berate Rishi Sunak as Chancellor slammed for not helping millions with soaring bills

Rishi Sunak's spring statement has been met with a furious response from Mancs who have slammed him for not doing enough to help with soaring bills.

In his Commons statement yesterday, the Chancellor announced a 5p cut in fuel duty and an increase in the threshold at which people pay national insurance contributions. However, his mini-Budget has been criticised for offering no support for millions of families facing energy bill hikes of £1,300 amid the cost-of-living crisis.

It came as experts warned households face the biggest single-year fall in incomes since 1956, with 1.3 million people forecast to go into poverty over the next year We asked readers on our Facebook page what they made of the new measures announced by the Chancellor, and the vast majority were less than happy.

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Agnes Bareja described the Chancellor's announcement as "a joke", adding: "Energy bills need sorting urgently and he did nothing to resolve this!"

Karen Platt was equally unimpressed with Mr Sunak's announcement. She said: "Hitting the working class as usual. Hitting everyone. He needs to stop the energy companies as well. Bloody ridiculous the lot of it."

Meanwhile, Julie Richardson said: "He’s no idea what he’s doing. What he’s offered will not help. He’s not struggling so how can he understand?"

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John Reynolds said: "5p off a litre of diesel won't help us pay the £469 pm our gas & leccy supplier are hoping for." And Lynsey Davies said she feared that increasing numbers of people would end up in debt as they try to cope with rising bills.

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