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Watch: Martin Lewis has scary prediction concerning cost of living crisis

It come as the policing minister has told officers not to turn a blind eye to shoplifters stealing food out of desperation after a police watchdog suggested discretion should be used.

Joe Mellor by Joe Mellor
2022-05-19 13:41
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Martin Lewis made a very worrying prediction regarding the cost of living crisis.

It comes as the policing minister has told officers not to turn a blind eye to shoplifters stealing food out of desperation after a police watchdog suggested discretion should be used during the cost-of-living crisis.

Kit Malthouse on Thursday accused new chief inspector of constabulary Andy Cooke of “old-fashioned thinking” for stating that the economic shock will lead to an increase in crime.

Mr Malthouse, a minister across the Home Office and Ministry of Justice, told LBC radio: “I’m afraid I find it a bit old-fashioned thinking. We first of all believe the law should be blind and police officers should operate without fear or favour in prosecution of the law.

“Secondly it’s not quite right to say that as the economy fluctuates so does crime. We’ve seen economic problems in the past, or not, when crime has risen, or not.”

Asked if ministers will ensure police do not turn a blind eye to shoplifters stealing food, he replied: “Absolutely right. In fact I wrote to chief constables just a year or so ago saying they should not be ignoring those seemingly small crimes.”

Martin Lewis

Appearing on Robert Person’s ITV show last night, Lewis said: ‘I worry about civil unrest.

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‘So the government needs to get a handle on it, and they need to get a handle on it quickly.

‘They need to listen, and they need to stop people making choices of whether they feed themselves or feed their children.

‘And we are in that now. We used to have a relative poverty condition in this country and we are moving to absolute poverty, and we cannot allow that to happen.’

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"The public mood is desperate, it's angry… if we don't sort this… I worry about civil unrest."@MartinSLewis pleads with the government to act on the cost of living crisis urgently.

Watch the full interview on @ITV at 10.45pm #Peston pic.twitter.com/9YfD1nHikR

— Peston (@itvpeston) May 18, 2022

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Any society is three meals from anarchy.
The cost of lockdown crisis. https://t.co/EoxpmukSEo

— BrianDRaddock 😊 (@cptndemocracy64) May 19, 2022

2.

It's enough to make you write a stiff letter of dissatisfaction to someone that doesn't give a shit as it doesn't affect their life. https://t.co/jgVvrf7svG

— Andy T (@Andy_T_) May 19, 2022

3.

I'm amazed we haven't seen civil unrest up until now https://t.co/IL2oezmvR1

— Michael Hastie (@M8J7H) May 19, 2022

4.

Martin Lewis understands and acknowledges the inevitable consequences of Tory indifference. @UKLabour are no better. Like France we need a nationalised energy industry. Thats why their consumer costs have only risen by 4.5% instead of 50% (so far). https://t.co/20vwVI9BiW

— Zaphod Beeblebrox (@Z_Beeb) May 19, 2022

5.

As always, common sense, compassion & empathy from @MartinSLewis https://t.co/ErZXyI64xh

— ❤💚💙Belle (@TootingSouth) May 19, 2022

Related: #ToryBudgetingTips trends as Martin Lewis slams Minister over value brand comment

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