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ROCK & BRIT GRIT: Boris focuses on Ukraine at Tory Conference amid Cost of Living Crisis

BORIS Johnson is set to close the Conservative Party spring conference, with attention set to be focused on the UK’s response to the war in Ukraine amid a cost of living, food poverty and inflation crisis.

The Prime Minister will deliver the final speech of the two-day event in Blackpool, following on from scheduled set pieces by Foreign Secretary Liz Truss and Defence Secretary Ben Wallace.

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During his appearance at the Scottish Tory conference on Friday, Mr Johnson dedicated a chunk of his speech to discussing the conflict between Russia and Ukraine – a move he is expected to emulate while on the North West of England coastline.

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He told supporters in Aberdeen he was “more than ever convinced that (Russian president Vladimir) Putin will fail”.

Pledging further support for Kyiv, he said the Kremlin had “underestimated the passionate commitment of the people in this country to help”, in a delivery that was seen to be made largely off the cuff.

With the Ukraine crisis dominating column inches in recent weeks, the so-called “partygate” scandal has died down, – but comments by Brexit minister Jacob Rees-Mogg mean they once again reared their head on Friday.

Mr Rees-Mogg, during a live recording of his Moggcast podcast in Blackpool, dismissed the row over the alleged lockdown parties as trivial “fluff” in the wake of the war in eastern Europe.

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It remains to be seen whether Mr Johnson will use his speech at Blackpool Winter Gardens – with the Tories returning to the resort for the first time since 2007 – to touch on the Government possibly offering further support for households to weather the current cost of living crisis.

GRIM UP NORTH: Blackpool was ranked bottom of the UK Prosperity Index 2021 and 63.4% of local children live in poverty.

The Government has already announced help with paying increased energy costs and providing the offer of a council tax discount to some households, but there have been calls for ministers to go further amid rising inflation and a spike in fuel prices prompted by sanctions on Russia.

Chancellor Rishi Sunak, with the spring statement due on Wednesday, vowed on Friday to help the public “where we can” with soaring energy bills and other budget pressures, but admitted the Government cannot “solve every problem”.

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