A Tory minister has defended Boris Johnson for going on holiday while the UK faces energy shortages and problems recruiting much-needed HGV drivers.Conservative Part y co-chairman Oliver Dowden came to the defence of the Prime Minister who was snapped painting while staying at a luxury villa in Marbella, Spain.
However, Dowden insisted Johnson was working throughout his time in the sun and said PM's don't get holidays while in office.As Johnson relaxed in the villa owned by his billionaire pal, Zac Goldsmith, who he made a peer, industry chiefs were warning soaring energy prices could shut factories, costing thousands of jobs.
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