King Charles highlights cost of living crisis in first Christmas broadcast

Monarch pays tribute to the volunteers and charity workers helping those in financial difficulty

King Charles has highlighted the cost of living crisis and the great anxiety and hardship" of many struggling to pay their bills and keep their families fed and warm" in his first Christmas broadcast.

In the message, with the nation in the grip of economic woes and against the backdrop of the war in Ukraine, the king dedicated a major part of his broadcast to those helping to ease the plight of others.