discuss the future of food production in the uk. we had a billion less production in the uk. we had a billion less eggs production in the uk. we had a billion less eggs than - production in the uk. we had a billion less eggs than we - production in the uk. we had a billion less eggs than we had i production in the uk. we had a| billion less eggs than we had in 2019. we have had salad rationing and there is so much more that we can do here. so the whole idea of today, which is what the prime minister committed to in august, is to find a solution to a lot of the challenges which hopefully will help with the cost of living. at challenges which hopefully will help with the cost of living. with the cost of living. at first, a branch in the with the cost of living. at first, a branch in the downing with the cost of living. at first, a branch in the downing street - with the cost of living. at first, a - branch in the downing street garden, with the best of british food and the prime
the guidance does not say you can have a thank you party and it s ok if you think it s very important to thank people. the guidance doesn t say that. i accept that not everybody is perfectly socially distanced in that picture. but that did not mean to me, when i stood up in the house of commons and said that the guidance was followed completely, i was not thinking of that event and thinking that somehow that contravened the guidance. absolutely not. we were. we were making a huge effort to follow the guidance. what about the get togethers in the downing street garden? would you have advised anyone else in the country, if they d asked you at one of the press conferences at that time, to have a large social gathering in the garden? it was not a large social gathering. it was. it was a gathering intended. and i really must insist on this point. people who say that we were partying in lockdown simply do not know what they are talking about. people who say that that event was a purely socia
more now on the warning that energy bills for a typical household could hit more than £4,000 in the new year. borisjohnson has defended the government s approach to tackling the cost of living and said he s absolutely certain his successor will do more to help people with rising fuel bills. he was speaking at the start of a reception in the downing street garden, honouring people for work in the community. let s listen to what he said. hello, good afternoon, everybody. welcome to the number ten garden. i m very pleased to welcome you all in person. i wanted to thank you are you being given free food and drink? i certainly hope you are. fantastic well, savour it, because it doesn t happen very often in these difficult financial times. people are feeling the squeeze across our country, and feeling the impact in particular of the energy price spikes that have been caused by putin s war in ukraine.
and of course, it s right that the government is doing everything we can to help and we are putting £1,200 into the pockets of the eight million most vulnerable households, and £400 for everybody to help with the cost of energy, £300 for pensioners, £150 of council tax and the money will keep coming in throughout the autumn, more coming in in september and october. and of course, as some of you may have picked up, this will be one of my last events in the garden in downing street. and there will be a new prime minister very shortly i can tell you for certain it ll either be a man or woman. laughter and whoever he or she may be, i m absolutely certain they will be wanting to make some more announcements in september or october about what we will do further to help people in the next period in december, january. and i just want you to know that i m absolutely confident that we will have the fiscal firepower and the headroom to continue to look after people