The environment secretary has said the energy price hike crisis is at the top of both Tory leadership candidates’ in-trays after Britain’s energy regulator, Ofgem, announced that average annual household bills will increase by 80% this winter.
George Eustice told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme that Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss have said they will do more to tackle the crisis if they become prime minister, but both have faced criticism for not laying out specific plans for the help they will offer.
