The next Prime Minister will have to come up with "many more billions" of pounds to help Brits struggling with rocketing energy bills, an influential think tank has said.
Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) chief Paul Johnson said it was a "mystery" why Tory leadership hopefuls were obsessing over tax cuts when the country was heading into recession.
He warned of looming cuts to public services and said the support promised by Government was far "too small".