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'Out of touch and out of ideas': Labour takes aim at the Tories as local elections kick off
'Out of touch and out of ideas': Boris Johnson

THE government was slammed yesterday for its shocking responses to the cost-of-living crisis as voters head to the polls for the local elections tomorrow.

Environment Secretary George Eustice told families struggling to pay bills and put food on the table to switch to supermarket “value” products.

Yesterday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson boasted about introducing the Freedoom Pass in London, despite it being introduced in 1973, when asked on Good Morning Britain about the case of 77-year-old Elsie riding the bus all day to save on energy bills.

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