THE Chancellor has "hit the right note" - Stourbridge's MP Suzanne Webb said today as a package of measures was unveiled to address the rising cost of living.

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak MP announced a 15b package of suport help people struggling when he addressed the House of Commons today (Thursday).

The package of measures includes one-off payments of different amounts for the most vulnerable - the elderly, those with disabilities, and those with the lowest incomes - and all households will also receive a £400 discount on energy bills.

Eight million of the lowest income families will also get a one-off payment of £650, and there'll also be a temporary windfall tax on oil and gas giants to fund the payments.

A one-off disability cost of living payment of £150 will also be awarded, and pensioners will get £300.

Stourbridge MP Suzanne Webb welcomed the measures, saying: "This extra injection of money announced by the Chancellor today to help everyone with inflation and energy bills is most welcome.

"It brings total government cost-of-living support to £37 billion this year and it recognises the acute pain many people in Stourbridge and across the West Midlands are dealing with as bills for everything soar.

"Extra support for those on benefits, older people, and the disabled is targeted in the right way and it is compassionate. The Chancellor has carefully thought through the options and hit the right note.

"The cost of living is the number one concern and it is right the government is helping. However, no government can solve every challenge we face. Many of the drivers of high energy costs and inflation are global in nature and will persist for many months yet.

"This government, or any other in the world, cannot stop them and we all need to recognise that reality."

What do you think of the Chancellor's announcement? Do the measures go far enough?