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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Rachel Hall

Head of CBI urges Boris Johnson to offer immediate help with energy bills

A person turns down the temperature of a gas boiler
Energy analysts Cornwall Insight said bills would rise by about £200 more than it previously thought between October and November and increase even further in January. Photograph: Andrew Matthews/PA

The head of the Confederation of British Industry has called on Boris Johnson to take immediate action to help people with soaring energy bills, warning that putting it off until after the Conservative leadership vote would be too late.

Tony Danker told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme that Johnson “needs to say something to the country to reassure people about what will happen” ahead of Ofgem’s announcement of “terrifying” price rises on 26 August.

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