Scrap national insurance rise, says ex-minister David Davis

Former Brexit secretary last week called for Boris Johnson to resign over alleged breaches of Covid rules

Boris Johnson is facing growing demands from his own party to make a dramatic U-turn on planned national insurance tax increases in response to Britain's worsening cost of living crisis.

On a day of renewed pressure for the prime minister, the former Conservative cabinet minister David Davis threw his weight behind calls for the tax increase due to come in from April to be scrapped. Business leaders and opposition parties also warned urgent action is required to help households with the highest rates of inflation for 30 years.