Boris Johnson has insisted questions over his leadership have been “settled” as one of his biggest critics said he should not be challenged within the net year.
09.06.2022 - 17:15 / dailyrecord.co.uk
Boris Johnson has used a speech intended to reset his premiership by speaking about tariffs on olives and bananas.
The Prime Minister was due to speak in Blackpool, Lancashire about what his government is doing to help get more people on the property ladder.
Johnson's new scheme he said would "finish the right-to-own reforms Margaret Thatcher began in the 1980s".
Addressing the cost-of-living crisis the PM claimed his government is "firmly on your side".
Before speaking about his housing plan Johnson found time to speak about olives and bananas which baffled those in attendance at the event.
He said the government was on the side of both British farmers and consumers.
Johnson added: "We do not grow many olives in this country that I am aware of - why do we have a tariff of 93p per kilo of Turkish olive oil?
"Why do we have a tariff on bananas? This is a truly amazing and versatile country, but as far as I know we don't grow many bananas, not even in Blackpool.
"We are on your side, we are on your side in tackling fuel bills, and not just with the cash help that I have set out just now."
On his housing reforms, he said: "We will finish the right-to-own reforms Margaret Thatcher began in the 1980s.
"Ending the absurd position where first-time buyers spend their life savings on flats only to find themselves charged hundreds of pounds for painting their own doors or even unable to own a dog."
The measures include "dealing with the scourge of unfair leasehold terms" which impact 4.6 million households.
"We will supercharge leaseholders' ability to buy their own freehold," he said, with discounts of up to 90% for those "trapped with egregious, escalating ground rents".
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