Gordon Brown urges Boris Johnson to force global action on cost of living crisis

Ex-PM says any sensible government' would be trying to build consensus to tackle economic crisis

Gordon Brown has said Boris Johnson needs to force global action to deal with inflation and food shortages instead of lurching from crisis to crisis", as he predicted planned corporation and fuel tax rises would need to be scrapped.

The former prime minister, who was chancellor for a decade under Tony Blair, said any sensible government" would be trying to get world leaders round the table to deal with the impending economic crisis and creating a plan for growth.