Emergency budget needed from Government amid cost-of-living crisis – McDonald

Sinn Féin president Mary Lou McDonald said families need more help from the Government on dealing with the surging cost of living. Picture: PA

The Government should produce an emergency budget to release further support for people struggling amid the cost-of-living crisis, Mary Lou McDonald has said.

The Sinn Féin president said speed is of the essence when it comes to rolling out additional mitigations for families now living in a “permanent state of panic”.