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When Craig, 42, from Falmouth, was told his rent was rising by nearly 20%, his first thought was his mother. The 77-year-old no longer recognises him, but since her dementia diagnosis three years ...

"I have heard lots of responses to the government's first budget but I have heard no alternatives," she is expected to say. "We have asked businesses and the wealthiest to contribute more.