Government accused of cost of living 'spin' after £20m ad campaign revealed

Ministers have been accused of trying to spin the cost of living crisis, after The Independent learned they had ordered a £20m campaign to boast of existing cost-of-living assistance while refusing to set up a new assistance program to deal with spiraling bills.

The radio ad campaign, on social media, in print and on billboards was given the green light despite officials' fears that it was seen as "highly political", at a time when the administration of incumbent Prime Minister Boris Johnson is in interim mode.

Labour deputy leader Angela Rayner said the government was trying to use the 'glossus' to cover up its failure to meet the expected massive rise in the level of labor energy price ceiling since the first launch of the spring aid package s.