Britain is in the grip of its worst cost of living crisis for more than 60 years.
Workers desperately need a pay rise so they can settle their bills, cover their rent and put food on the table.
You would have thought that helping people through these tough times would be the Government’s priority.
But when it comes to offering support it is not nurses nor care workers whom Liz Truss worries about. It is bankers.
Her Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng is drawing up plans to lift the cap on their bonuses.
Forget the millions who have seen their incomes hammered by soaring inflation or the families struggling to feed their children or the pensioners unable to heat their homes.
The group Mr Kwarteng has decided needs special treatment is the City fat cats.
The Tories argue the bonus cap is hampering the UK’s financial sector from competing with the United States and Asia.
If this was the case then the banks would not be reporting record profits and bonuses in the financial sector would not be at an all-time high.
By being cheerleaders for corporate greed Ms Truss and co have shown their true colours.
It pains us all
For the last seven days the nation’s thoughts have been with the Royal Family.
As we mourn Her Late Majesty we also remember that other lives have been lost and other loved ones have been buried.
They include Olivia Pratt-Korbel, the nine-year-old shot dead in her Liverpool home, whose funeral took place yesterday.
The torment her family has suffered has been made all the worse by the fact her killer is still at large.
In this week of loss and reflection, we are reminded that all lives are precious and all families can be touched by grief.
Fed’s a real ace
Roger Federer is to tennis what Pele was to football and Muhammad Ali to boxing.
There are the sporting greats and then there are the legends. He was one of them.
