UK lawmakers urge focus on tackling cost crunch to end Johnson crisis


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  • Sunday, 06 Feb 2022

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson arrives at the airport in Kyiv, Ukraine February 1, 2022. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls/Pool

LONDON (Reuters) -Senior members of Boris Johnson's Conservative Party urged challengers to the prime minister to rein in their ambitions and focus instead on steering Britain through the biggest plunge in living standards in a generation.

Johnson is battling for his political career amid a crisis which has gripped his government over three months, with a growing number of lawmakers calling publicly for a change at the top to rebuild trust with voters.

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