No. 10 denies rumours of Treasury rift over help for families in cost of living crunch 

No. 10 denies rumours of Treasury rift over help for families in cost of living crunch

  • Living standards face their biggest fall in a single year since records began
  • PM says the cost of living crunch is ‘the single biggest thing we’re having to fix’  
  • Experts are disappointed there wasn’t more in Spring Statement to help those facing higher bills 

Downing Street yesterday denied there was a rift between Boris Johnson and his Chancellor after the Prime Minister said ‘we need to do more’ to help with the cost of living.

Mr Johnson said the cost of living crunch is ‘the single biggest thing we’re having to fix’ after the Office for Budget Responsibility warned living standards face their biggest fall in a single year since records began in the mid-1950s.

Speaking on LBC Radio, he said: ‘It will continue to be tough, but we will get through it and we will look after people throughout’.

Downing Street yesterday denied there was a rift between Boris Johnson and his Chancellor after the Prime Minister said ‘we need to do more’ to help with the cost of living. Rishi Sunak is pictured 

Mr Johnson’s comments come after experts expressed disappointment that there was not more in the Chancellor’s Spring Statement to help people facing higher bills. 

Responding to claims of divisions, Mr Johnson’s official spokesman said the Prime Minister and Chancellor are ‘as one when it comes to the fiscal plans’.

Speaking to the BBC about the Spring Statement, Rishi Sunak said: ‘I can’t make every problem go away, but where we can make a difference we want to, and that’s what yesterday was about.’