19 May 2022

UK correspondent Matt Dathan

From Nine To Noon, 9:45 am on 19 May 2022
A video grab from footage broadcast by the UK Parliament's Parliamentary Recording Unit (PRU) shows Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak gesturing as he presents the Spring budget statement to MPs.

Photo: AFP

Matt talks to Kathryn about the  cost of living crisis reaching boiling point in the UK as inflation hit a 40-year high of 9%.

Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak has warned the next few months are going to be tough. 

He is under intense pressure to bring forward a big money policy to significantly help people cope with rising food prices and energy bills.

Also, Westminster is yet again plunged into a sexual assault scandal after the arrest of an unnamed Conservative MP on suspicion of rape and sexual assault offences spanning seven years between 2002 and 2009.

And the UK public remains transfixed with what has become known as the "Wagatha Christie" trial.