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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Mikey Smith

Boris Johnson believes help for families would 'shovel cash to appease bleeding hearts'

Boris Johnson believes helping struggling families to pay their bills would be "shovelling" money to appease "bleeding hearts," it has been reported.

The Prime Minister is under mounting pressure to raise a windfall tax on energy firms to help ease skyrocketing bills.

But it's said the PM believes spending the proceeds of such a tax on immediate relief for families would be a short-term fix, and the cash would be “here today and gone tomorrow.”

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