Susanna Reid has demanded help for struggling Good Morning Britain viewer Elsie after raising her plight with Boris Johnson during a tense interview on the ITV show.
After the Prime Minister boycotted GMB for almost five years, he sat down opposite Susanna in the study of 10 Downing Street on Tuesday, with the ITV presenter giving it to him both barrels on a range of contentious issues, from his own honesty to the severe repercussions of the sharp rise in the cost of living, brought about by a huge hike in energy prices.
Focusing on the latter , Susanna used 77-year-old Elsie as a case study, after she had got in touch with Good Morning Britain to share her struggle. Susanna told the PM that Elsie's energy bills have rocketed from £17 to £85 a month, totalling an additional £816 a year. She then detailed to Johnson the drastic and alarming steps Elsie is taking to try and save money, explaining : "To cut down on spending, Elsie has resorted to now eating one meal a day. She's 77 years-old, she's losing weight. She goes to the supermarket at the end of the day to get discounted yellow sticker items; she gets up early in the morning to use her Freedom bus pass to stay on buses all day to avoid using energy at home."
