Tackling inflation is ‘top priority’, says Biden in State of the Union address

President acknowledges too many families are struggling' as climbing prices hit him in polls

Getting runaway prices in America under control is my top priority" Joe Biden told Congress on Tuesday in his first State of the Union address.

Soaring inflation - now at a 40-year high - has hurt Biden in the polls and the US president bluntly acknowledged too many families are struggling to keep up with the bills. Inflation is robbing them of the gains they might otherwise feel".