'He's got gold lamé wallpaper and I can't pay my bills': Tories warn PM on cost of living
🔴 Long read from @singharj inews.co.uk/news/politics/…
🔴 Long read from @singharj inews.co.uk/news/politics/…
@singharj 🔴 Tory MPs appear to believe they can now demand more of the PM.
🔴 That much was evident when Rees-Mogg expressed dissent over the health and social care levy.
🔴 With families facing a £1,200 hit due to tax rises, inflation and the gas price crisis.
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🔴 That much was evident when Rees-Mogg expressed dissent over the health and social care levy.
🔴 With families facing a £1,200 hit due to tax rises, inflation and the gas price crisis.
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@singharj 🔴 Several senior Tories told i they agree with Rees-Mogg that the hike to National Insurance contributions should be delayed for a year.
🗣️ They said the PM “can’t ignore” the problem as he will look “completely out of touch”.
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🗣️ They said the PM “can’t ignore” the problem as he will look “completely out of touch”.
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@singharj 🔴 It comes amid the ongoing furore over the refurbishment of his No.10 flat with £840-a-roll of wallpaper.
🏠 “It’s always a bit harder when the PM is one of the super-rich elite...‘he’s got gold lamé wallpaper and I can’t pay my gas bill’, you know.”
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🏠 “It’s always a bit harder when the PM is one of the super-rich elite...‘he’s got gold lamé wallpaper and I can’t pay my gas bill’, you know.”
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@singharj 🔴 One experienced backbencher suggested Tories feel they need to push Mr Johnson into action, as they did on Covid.
🗣️ “It’s easy to do the right thing when you’ve got a gun to the back of your head,” they said.
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🗣️ “It’s easy to do the right thing when you’ve got a gun to the back of your head,” they said.
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🗣️ Another senior MP said "some people around Government still don’t understand that if you’re getting paid £25,000 a year and you’ve got a family to support" then extra living costs of a couple of grand a year is "not really a sustainable position".
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@singharj 🔴 Sir Keir Starmer spots an opportunity in the uncertainty and is “gearing up to campaign ferociously” on the cost of living, according to a shadow Cabinet source.
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@singharj 🔴 The first week back has shown the PM remains in a tricky position.
🗳️ Many MPs say a difficult May local election is now “priced in”, with warnings that bad results could be “particularly unsettling if if they are difficult in the wrong areas."
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🗳️ Many MPs say a difficult May local election is now “priced in”, with warnings that bad results could be “particularly unsettling if if they are difficult in the wrong areas."
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@singharj Read more on the Conservative MPs warning the PM on the cost of living crisis here ⬇️
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