Boris Johnson warns energy firms soaring bills will damage sector

Boris Johnson attends energy round table at No 11 Downing Street. Johnson said it would be ‘a difficult winter for people across the UK’. Photograph: Kyle Heller/No10 Downing Street

Boris Johnson has warned energy companies that sky-high bills will damage their business, speaking at a round table with the electricity sector where the chancellor of the exchequer cautioned that “extraordinary profits” were being evaluated.

No new measures have been agreed to ease pressures on household bills and any specifics are likely to be delayed for weeks until a new prime minister is in place.