Johnson says helping struggling families would be ‘shovelling’ money to appease ‘bleeding hearts’
The PM believes providing immediate relief for families would be a short-term fix, and the cash would be “here today and gone tomorrow.”
Tag: Cost Of Living Crisis
Former Tory Party leader calls for benefits to be boosted in line with inflation
The Centre for Social Justice is calling for a "special fiscal event", funded by above-forecast tax receipts, to ease the strain on cash-strapped households.
Ministers told to snub Sky News following Maclean’s ‘gotcha’ interview
Downing Street feels Kay Burley treated the government minister unfairly in the interview, according to reports.
Anger as Govt brands Disability News Service ‘vexatious’ for trying to acquire info on DWP deaths
"Good on you!! Keep being vexatious!" wrote one person in response.
Turkey doesn’t vote for Xmas: Oil and gas industries reject call for windfall tax
Starmer urged Mr Johnson to make an “inevitable U-turn” on imposing a windfall tax on oil and gas producers.
School food portions could shrink as best academy trusts would not go north
"Can’t wait to see the Tories ‘cost cutting tips’ on this when school meals are even more essential now."
Watch: Martin Lewis has scary prediction concerning cost of living crisis
It come as the policing minister has told officers not to turn a blind eye to shoplifters stealing food out of desperation after a police watchdog suggested discretion should be used.
Watch: Minister rejects police warning of increase in crime due to cost of living guilty of not having a ‘clue’
"Kit Malthouse claiming that poverty doesn't increase crime on the basis that all the criminals he knows are billionaires and Tory MPs."
‘Britain deserves better:’ Tory MPs slammed for voting down emergency budget to tackle cost of living crisis
The Labour amendment to the Queen’s Speech was defeated by 312 to 229.