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 - 00:45 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Boris Johnson will look to relaunch his beleaguered premiership with another cost of living support package tomorrow.
In a speech in Lancashire, the Prime Minister is expected to outline a series of measures to "help people cut costs in every area of household expenditure, from food to energy to childcare to transport and housing". The speech comes just days after Mr Johnson survived a near fatal rebellion and precedes two by-elections that the Tories are expecting to lose.
The MEN understands that a key theme of the speech will be housing, with Mr Johnson expected to announce reforms to support more people to get onto the property ladder. The proportion of 25 to 34-year-olds who own their own home has fallen from 55% to 34% between 1996 and 2016.
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Mr Johnson will say: "Over the next few weeks, the government will be setting out reforms to help people cut costs in every area of household expenditure, from food to energy to childcare to transport and housing. As we continue to deal with the Covid aftershocks, and the inflationary impact of the war in Ukraine, our strategy is clear.
“We will continue to use our fiscal firepower to help the country through tough times – and concentrating our help where we should, on those who need it most. We will continue with the agenda on which this government was elected, to unite and level up across the country, building the productivity of the UK with generational investments in infrastructure, skills and technology.
“We will continue to support the NHS and to clear the covid backlogs, and to fund all other vital public services."
Given Chancellor Rishi Sunak has not long announced a package
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