Boris Johnson to stress work as the fix for cost of living crisis

Ministers remain unable to decide on ways to relieve poverty as they wrangle over windfall tax for energy companies

Boris Johnson hopes to blunt calls for urgent action on the cost of living crisis by stressing that work is the best route out of poverty, as ministers continue wrangling about the merits of a windfall tax.

No 10 sources confirmed on Sunday that the prime minister will continue to throw the spotlight on the healthy state of the job market, in the face of the rising clamour to help families struggling with their bills.