Chancellor urged to help alleviate cost of living crisis as inflation hits 6.2% in February
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Neil O’Brien, the levelling up minister, is giving evidence to the Commons Welsh affairs committee, and he has just told its members that they an expect to hear more about the allocation of levelling up funding in the spring statement later today. He is appearing alongside Sue Gray, who as second permanent secretary at the Cabinet Office oversees policy relating to the union. Obviously, she is much better known for her role as Partygate investigator, but no one has mentioned that, and so far her only contribution has been a very dull one about about Whitehall cooperation with Welsh local government.
Lady Howe, widow of the late former chancellor Lord Howe, has died aged 90 after a battle with cancer, her family said in a statement.
