harrison, who now works for blackrock, the giant investment company, but was chief of staff to george osborneround a budget. and dr miatta fahnbulleh who's the chief exec of the new economics foundation. you advised three prime ministers on economics, didn't you? i did, i did. blimey. well, to both of you first of all, just most straightforwardly. what did you make of yesterday overall when you saw all the announcements? i think for me the word of the day was disappointing. i think when you're being told by the obr that we're seeing the biggest living standards squeeze since the 1950s, when you know you've got a massive cost of living crisis, ijust didn't think he did enough, particularly, and this is the bit i'm hoping rupert can shed some light, because i still don't get, particularly for the bottom households, people that we know are on the edge, people that we know are literally at the point that is catastrophic because they have cut everything they can cut, done everything they can do. there was nothing, literally nothing in the budget. in fact, what we had was an £11 billion real terms

>> it is a one-off thing but will help with energy prices this coming year and it was done by george osborne years ago in a similar situation, where you had particularly high oil and gas prices and right now that would mean you could get more help to families who are struggling with high energy bills. so it could be of real help this year and it says something about where you want to leave revenue. here are people who no one disputes are doing very well in the current situation. in fact, even the former chief executive of bp lord john brown said such a windfall is justified. >> you may want to be chancellor in the future, but i'm not sure you want to be chancellor now. you will admit that the chancellor has all sorts of problems to deal with. the latest at 7:00, that rise in cpi inflation. 8 perhaps, perhaps, come april, in couple figures. what can be done about that? >> some of this is global. >> yeah. >> you know, inflation is increasing in other countries, too. i would say what marks the uk it's really the only country in the g7, and that's what makes the cost of living cries the long ter

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