{"id":5557,"date":"2026-11-04T17:16:54","date_gmt":"2026-11-04T17:16:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/time-to-focus-on-cost-of-living-says-pm-after-us-election-results\/"},"modified":"2026-11-04T17:16:54","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T17:16:54","slug":"time-to-focus-on-cost-of-living-says-pm-after-us-election-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/time-to-focus-on-cost-of-living-says-pm-after-us-election-results\/","title":{"rendered":"Time to focus on cost of living, says PM after US election results"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Time to focus on cost of living, says PM after US election results<\/p>\n<p><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/260web.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/34poxX.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<div spacing=\"6\" class=\"ssrcss-15twdc6-Stack e1y4nx260\">\n<div data-block=\"headline\" class=\"ssrcss-l7emlr-ComponentWrapper e1aon0op1\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-usmnse-Spacer 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&#8220;opportunity now to unite around the issue that is affecting us all, and that&#8217;s the cost of living&#8221;.<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Speaking to broadcasters from the Commonwealth leaders summit, the prime minister promised to push for a resolution to the conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine in the wake of the US elections that saw Donald Trump&#8217;s Republicans suffer heavy losses.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He said he couldn&#8217;t ease cost of living pressures until the US&#8217;s conflict in Iran had been resolved.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Responding to the midterm results, the US president acknowledged that rising fuel prices &#8211; caused by the Iran war &#8211; had played a part in his party&#8217;s defeats.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Speaking to Fox News, President Trump said: &#8220;People agree with what I&#8217;m doing on Iran but they 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