Boris Johnson has pledged the government will announce “extra cash” in September to support households further with energy bills – after Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi suggested people should cut back on their usage.
The outgoing PM said: “There’s a pipeline of cash coming through over the next few months and through the autumn and the winter.
“But that is clearly now going to be augmented, increased, by extra cash that the government is plainly going to be announcing in September.”
Mr Johnson added that he does not think ministers should “cap the whole thing” for “the richest households in the country”.
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On Friday morning, energy regulator Ofgem announced the price cap for an average household will rise to £3,549 a year in October, £800 more than the forecast figure that was provided to then-chancellor Rishi Sunak in May.
Speaking earlier this morning, Mr Zahawi admitted that the soaring energy price cap will cause…
