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Angus Cochrane

Tories 'held back' poverty action until Sue Gray report released, SNP say

Boris Johnson's government insists it's taking action now due to a warning about a rise in energy bills

BORIS Johnson’s government has caused “unimaginable suffering” by holding back a new financial support package to draw attention away from the Sue Gray partygate report, an SNP MP has claimed.

Kirsty Blackman accused the Tory administration of delaying the announcement on new measures to tackle the cost-of-living crisis so that they would immediately follow the publication of the damning investigation into rule-breaking in Downing Street.

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