The YouGov poll of more than 2,000 adults also found that an estimated 8% of the population - around four million people - will be relying on credit to cover their costs over the festive period. parliamentary session organised by charity Save the Children, the young people demanded that their right to access decent education was respected. People complained that it was a huge expense at a hard time financially for the country - though a minister did say that the funds were not coming out of the public purse.

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StepChange chief executive Vikki Brownridge said: "People, especially those with children, understandably feel pressured around Christmas time to spend money to create special moments and memories with their loved ones." Juba, under the theme "My Voice My Right”, was aimed at fostering dialogue and getting decision-makers to hear children's voices. He adds this was at one time his "sole focus", but after the general election in 2019, Mr Johnson handed him a "broader role" to consider how the Cabinet Office might improve co-ordination of government policy with devolved administrations. The minister said the department "acquired additional responsibilities" both before he took it on and during his tenure. He notes that this is the reported position of Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer "so you can easily get away with it and you wouldn’t have caused a row at all".

Debt charity StepChange, which commissioned the survey, said it came after "two years of cost of living pressures" on household budgets, with prices remaining high despite the recent easing in the rate of inflation. Mr Gove added: "It became a sort of Mary Poppins bag into which different prime ministers will shove things in which they believe should be dealt with by the government nanny." Mass testing - then not planned in the UK, although recommended by the World Health Organisation - she claimed was "unnecessary" in March 2020. Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove and Professor Dame Jenny Harries are being questioned at the COVID inquiry today.