He also declined to say today if the ban on many residential evictions will be extended beyond February 21. "Boris Johnson thinks he can take the British people for fools but, instead of his usual bluster, he should be honest and learn from his mistakes." A YouGov poll for the organisation and the End Child Poverty Coalition found 55% of people thought the government should be doing more to fight child poverty. "This should act as a spur for Ministers to double down and focus on solving child poverty. Mr Johnson today insisted it was "tragic" that families had suffered poverty in the pandemic but pointed to the government's Covid response, which has cost over £200bn.

Source: Daily Mirror February 10, 2021 16:53 UTC