BORIS Johnson faces a backlash from the cabinet over the rising cost of living on gas.
Ministers are bitterly divided over how to stop the energy hikes that are creating more monetary misery for families in need.
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Boris Johnson faces a backlash from the cabinet over the rising cost of living crisis fueled by gasPhoto credit: Simon Jones
Tory Grandeen are also concerned about rising wages leading to higher inflation without increasing productivity levels.
An angry senior minister said, “It’s all a fur coat and no pants and there’s a chill wind blowing up.”
Another minister was devastating about the lack of a focused strategy identified at the party’s annual rally in Manchester this week.
They said, “It’s starting to melt like ice crime on a summer day. It’s one thing to talk about higher wages, but if it is just about higher wages to produce the same thing as before, then that means inflation.
“To get higher wages, you need training and investment in modern technology to improve it.”
A decision on gas bill levies to fund low-carbon heating could be made in the next two weeks, with reports suggest that gas bills could be left significantly higher.
The ministers want to end the so-called price distortions with a possibility to shift eco-taxes to electricity bills and to put them on gas bills.
Record gas prices were seen earlier in the month, with those on standard tariffs rising from £ 139 to £ 1,277. The next review will take place in February and will take effect in April next year.
Meanwhile, Environment Secretary George Eustice said this week that changes could be made to address the labor shortage.
He said this week that “improvements” could be made to language skills to employ more butchers in slaughterhouses. He added, “But where things don’t quite work, we always try to refine and check.”
Boris Johnson said in his speech to party believers this week that he wanted to create a high-wage economy instead of “using the old lever of uncontrolled migration”.
MANAGING DIRECTORS ARE OBLIGATIVE TO ENERGY CAP
Industry leaders say an energy price cap needs to be put in place to help companies cope with rising costs.
The upper price limit should be introduced on the energy bill of small and medium-sized companies with fewer than 250 employees.
Whitehall officials are in contact with corporate groups to deal with the rise in global prices and discussions continue. A similar upper price limit already applies to households.
The UK Chamber of Commerce’s Winter Business Plan highlighted how Britain has reached crisis point.
Claire Walker, Co-Executive Director of the organization, said: “There are clear arguments in favor of setting an energy price cap for SMEs.”
Government is preparing to keep gas prices high for the “longer term”, Minister says
