Downing Street said on Monday that it would be up to “the future Prime Minister” to act in the face of the cost of living crisis.
Downing Street said on Monday that it would be up to “the future Prime Minister” to act in the face of the cost of living crisis, at a time when Boris Johnson, resigning, is being blamed for his absence despite the deterioration of the economic situation.
Supposed to handle day-to-day business, the Tory prime minister honeymooned in Slovenia last week as the central bank warned inflation would top 13% in the fall, plunging the UK into recession the longest since the 2008 financial crisis. Finance Minister Nadhim Zahawi was also away from London.
“By convention, it is not up to this Prime Minister to make major budget changes during this (interim) period. It will be up to the future Prime Minister” to take care of it, said a spokesperson in Downing Street. Boris Johnson resigned in early July after months of scandals. Members of the Conservative Party vote in August to appoint his successor, who will be known on September 5.
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As the recession threatens, Boris Johnson is absent subscribers. Since the announcement of his resignation, he has already been criticized for having missed crisis meetings devoted to the historic heat wave that hit the United Kingdom or for not having received the English footballers after their victory at the Euro.
On the other hand, he celebrated his marriage with Carrie Johnson and left last week on vacation in Slovenia, where he claimed on local television to have had a “wonderful” stay. “We had a wonderful honeymoon. We climbed all the mountains available, dived into the lakes, rode our bikes,” he said.
“An economic crisis like this requires strong leadership and urgent action, but instead we have a Conservative party that has lost control,” Labor MP Rachel Reeves blasted. “Someone has to be in charge,” former Labor Prime Minister Gordon Brown told ITV. “There is a void that needs to be filled.”
“If we wait for the new Prime Minister, it will be too late,” he warned, calling on Boris Johnson and the two candidates to succeed him – Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak – to agree on emergency budgetary measures . “The Prime Minister must bring the two candidates together within the next two weeks to agree on a solution and help people and businesses pay their energy bills,” said Tony Danker, the director of the powerful British employers’ union. CBI.
Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon asked in a letter on Monday for a meeting between the heads of government of the four British nations to “agree on urgent measures to help those who need it most”.