Wednesday 25th May 2022

(1 year, 11 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Boris Johnson Portrait The Prime Minister
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What we are already doing is sharpening up the management of No.10, making it easier for staff to complain and to voice their anxieties. We have to get on with the business of government; I know that the hon. Lady wants to persist with this subject, but I want those officials to focus on the priorities of the people.

Deidre Brock Portrait Deidre Brock (Edinburgh North and Leith) (SNP)
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It is rumoured that the Chancellor will shortly—finally—be announcing some further help for our constituents who are struggling with the cost of living crisis, but we know how things work in this Government with their enormous team of spin doctors. Have the Prime Minister’s Government deliberately held back the details of that desperately needed help in order to provide some cover for the damning impact of this report?