Prescription charges frozen to help with cost of living crisis, Sajid Javid says

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Prescription charges will be frozen for the first time in 12 years as a gesture to help with cost-of-living pressures, the government has said.

 

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That’ll help us pay those £400 energy bills.

They are outrageously priced in the first place

That's a massive help , now I can stock up my fridge and cupboards.🙄

Quite literally

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