Boris Johnson could bring forward cost-of-living help to as soon as tomorrow as the Prime Minister frantically tries to move on from Partygate.
The Prime Minister had only been expected to announce a new package for stricken families on the poverty line after the Queen’s Jubilee long weekend.
But it’s thought those plans are being torn up after regulator Ofgem predicted average bills will leap another £829 to £2,800 on October 1. That will almost double the number of households in fuel poverty from 6.5 million to 12 million.
