Johnson advises successor not to ‘always listen to the Treasury’

Boris Johnson appeared to take a parting shot at his former chancellor Rishi Sunak by saying a prime minister should not always listen to the Treasury (Toby Melville/PA)

Boris Johnson said big infrastructure projects would not have been built “if we’d always listened to the Treasury” in an apparent parting shot at his former chancellor Rishi Sunak.

The British prime minister gave some “words of advice” to his successor during his final Commons appearance, which included: “Cut taxes and deregulate wherever you can and make this the greatest place to live and invest, which it is.