Oral QuestionTreasury

What steps she has taken to help support people with the cost of living in Falkirk.

Tabled: 17 June 2026Answered: 23 June 2026

Asked by

Euan Stainbank

LabourFalkirk

Answering Minister

the Chancellor of the Exchequer

Answer from Hansard

The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Rachel Reeves)

The Government remain dedicated to raising living standards for people in Falkirk and across the UK by driving economic growth and bearing down on inflation, which I know continues to squeeze household budgets. Measures announced in my Budget last year are already taking effect: raising the national living wage and the national minimum wage; maintaining the triple lock on pensions; and extending free school meals to more families. Our great British summer savings package builds on that, reducing VAT on a whole range of summer attractions, including, I believe, Airthrill in my hon. Friend’s constituency.