Northern Tory MPs are warning Boris Johnson to cut taxes or face a wipeout at the polls as pressure mounts on ministers over the cost of living.
Influential backbencher Jake Berry said parties that fail to listen to their voters face "political annihilation" as he set out demands to funnel more public cash outside London.
The Northern Research Group (NRG) chairman will tell a conference in Doncaster today: "It’s time to stop talking about being the party of low tax, it’s time to be the Government of low tax."
