Inflation is heading to its highest level for a generation, taxes will soon be rising, an energy crisis is growing and a lot of people are going to end this year worse off than when they started it. Little wonder that how to handle the coming cost-of-living crisis is the main source of conversation among ministers and MPs. It cannot determine the global price of energy and its attempts in that direction (the energy price cap) are not working out well. Consumers were protected from high prices in the short term but that didn’t stop their energy providers from going bust. SponsoredWhen the price

Source: The Times January 07, 2022 13:20 UTC