SUPPORT available to people on low incomes must be reassessed to provide a decent quality of life as a long-term government policy goal, a leading expert has urged. 

Joseph Rowntree Foundation chief economist Rebecca McDonald appeared in the latest edition of the Committee Corridor podcast to discuss who is paying for the cost-of-living crisis.

Ms McDonald told Labour MP Darren Jones, the podcast’s host, that the Office for Budget Responsibility forecasts a “significant” 7 per cent crunch in the spending power of low-income households by the end of next year.