Johnson refuses to say if he could live on basic universal credit pay

Questioned during his trip to the US, prime minister declined to say if he could survive on £118 a week

Boris Johnson has defended the government’s plans to cut universal credit while refusing to say whether he could live on the basic payment it provides of £118 a week.

Questioned by reporters during his trip to the US this week, the prime minister declined three times to answer whether he could survive on the UC payment.

Asked if he could live on £118 a week, and whether the cut, coming into force on 6 October, risked becoming a political problem, Johnson said: “I have every sympathy for people who are finding it tough, I really, really do.”  …

I really, really don’t believe that, bojo, and neither do you, you floppy haired, snobby twunt.