As the cost of living crisis becomes entrenched, Nick Dowson examines the scene of the crime, tracks down the culprits and proposes a route to resolution.
We’ve got cold extremities, you’ve got a cold heart,’ sang musician Ceitidh Mac at a gig in Newcastle, on the night steep government-sanctioned energy price hikes went into effect in the UK.
The lyrics were apt: ordinary people were being plunged into poverty for the ballooning profits of a handful of corporations.
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