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Tory MPs sound alarm over cost of living crisis as local elections loom

Polls in May pose danger to Johnson as voters will face further budget squeezes in preceding weeks

A cost of living crisis is “driving angst” among Conservative MPs about spring’s local elections, senior party figures are warning, as an overwhelming majority of voters in a survey reported that they had seen their costs rise faster than their income.

With the Treasury examining an expansion of a scheme designed to help the poorest with their energy bills, influential Tories are already saying that the plan will be too narrow and that the party will suffer big losses in May’s elections.

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