Tory MPs concerned over government inaction on looming cost of living crisis

Boris Johnson accused of being optimistic and leaving it up to businesses to pick up the slack'

Tory ministers have privately expressed fear that government inaction on the emerging cost of living crisis could leave the country facing a nightmare" by Christmas.

Boris Johnson was accused by one frontbencher of trying to resolve struggling supply chains by being optimistic and leaving it up to businesses to pick up the slack", while a second called the response so far suboptimal".