Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak stand accused of ignoring the cost of living crisis engulfing Brits as the 'partygate' scandal leaves the Government reeling.
Labour has urged ministers to tackle the perfect storm about to hit households as rising energy bills, inflation and tax rises are set to clobber poorer families.
The party urged ministers to back a windfall tax on oil and gas producers to offer Brits help with a fuel bills rise set to hit within weeks.
But the Government refused to back the motion and ministers have so far failed to set out plans to head off the emergency.
It comes as Boris Johnson faced new calls to resign over rule-busting parties at Downing Street, with the Met Police investigating 12 parties.
Shadow Treasury Minister Pat McFadden said ministers were “hopelessly distracted by chaos of its own making” and “more focused on infighting than tackling people’s energy bills”.
He also pressed the Government on the National Insurance rise due to land in April, saying: “On Sunday, the Prime Minister and the Chancellor nailed themselves to the mast of the national insurance rise coming in this April.
“Like Thelma and Louise, they held hands and they are going to drive off the cliff.”
Meanwhile, the Chancellor gave little away in the Commons about how the Government would tackle the cost of living time bomb.
He said: “I can tell him that I am of course aware of people’s anxieties about what is coming and he can rest assured that we will continue to look at all the policies we have in place to make sure that we are supporting people in the best way possible through the months ahead."
