Gordon Brown urges Boris Johnson to force global action on cost of living crisis

Brown, who was in No 10 at the time of the 2008 financial crash, has said world leaders need to ‘concoct a plan’. Photograph: Jane Barlow/PA

Gordon Brown has said Boris Johnson needs to force global action to deal with inflation and food shortages instead of lurching from “crisis to crisis”, as he predicted planned corporation and fuel tax rises would need to be scrapped.

The former prime minister, who was chancellor for a decade under Tony Blair, said “any sensible government” would be trying to get world leaders round the table to deal with the impending economic crisis and creating a plan for growth.