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Live News,13 Mar 2026,30 mins

A new cost of living crisis?

Newsnight

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As the war in Iran is followed by price hikes here, the Prime Minister's Cost of Living Champion tells us some firms ARE ripping you off. So when does he think the cost of living crisis will actually end? And as Donald Trump lifts some sanctions on Russian oil to ease global pressures, we ask a key Putin ally if Moscow is the big winner of the war in the Middle East. With Matt Chorley

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