
Conservative MP Mark Spencer made the comments as ministers are set to meet with energy bosses
(Picture: Rex Features/ Wiktor Szymanowicz)A minister has told struggling families they may have to wait until the autumn before the government decides on a fresh package of financial support to ease the cost of living crisis.
There are growing calls for outgoing Prime Minister Boris Johnson and the two Tory leadership contenders bidding to replace him - Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss - to act now to alleviate what has been described as a “national emergency”.