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The Royal College of Emergency Medicine said some A&E departments were in a ‘complete state of crisis’. Railway workers belonging to the RMT union and Aslef began five days of strikes. Rail fares will rise by 5.9 per cent from March after the government decided to cap them; usually they go up a percentage point more than the July inflation figure, which in 2022 was 12.3 per cent. More than a million households with prepayment meters did not redeem their monthly energy support vouchers during the cold spell in December; postal strikes and difficulty of contacting suppliers were blamed. In December, the Bank of England had raised UK interest rates to their highest level for 14 years, to 3.5 per cent from 3 per cent. The next Budget is to be held on 15 March, the Treasury announced. In 2022, 45,756 migrants crossed the Channel by small boat, compared with 28,526 in 2021, the Home Office said.
Virginia Crosbie, the Conservative MP for Ynys Mon, said she had taken to wearing a stab-proof jacket when meeting constituents.
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