Continuing the Tory theme of deflecting criticism of their response to the current cost of living crisis Boris now says that the way out of poverty is work. Certainly, everyone should be encouraged to get off benefits and into work to try and support themselves but his comments follow on from others made such as saying people should take on extra jobs or learn to batch cook and budget to live off 30p meals. The Tories keep going on about how the country has new better levels of unemployment and a higher minimum wage than ever before but seem oblivious to the fact that this is all relative and that it's no good putting up the minimum wage if cost of this is passed on to consumers and feeds back into increase in cost of living.

Plenty of people who are facing financial hardship are already working and working hard and some of these do more than one job. It's all about a "living" wage, not a "minimum" one. Tone deaf as usual !