Johnson has been criticised for going on holiday while a cost of living crisis looms as energy prices spiral.
The prime minister is ‘staying at a villa on the Spanish south coast’ as his ‘to do’ list at home lengthens has reportedly snuck off for a holiday on the south coast of Spain.He will spend five days abroad with pregnant wife Carrie and baby son Wilf, according to theThe timing of his break will be seized on by critics as a cost of living crisis looms this winter amid energy price rises and concerns over spiralling inflation.
As the PM enjoys some sun, business secretary Kwasi Kwarteng is locked in a public dispute with the energy companies who want him to lift the price cap, a move which would see household bills shoot up. ‘Just pushing up wages by themselves, calling for them to go up, will not increase productivity itself and could become inflationary.’
‘I think that’s something reasonable. I’m in regular WhatsApp contact with him, I spoke to him only a few days ago.‘I’m not sure when he’s supposed to have left the country.’
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