The Latest Breaking News from Liz Truss

The Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) said that electricity and gas could soon become a luxury only the wealthy can afford as bills rocket - and said government action must be immediate

Senior Tory describes work as ‘vital’

Both Tory leadership hopefuls have been quizzzed about their plans to tackle the energy crisis

Existing support payments ‘going to be augmented’ by sucessor, claims caretaker PM

Emmanuel Macron has said the UK “is a friendly nation...sometimes in spite of its leaders” after Liz Truss said the “jury’s out” on the French president. The Foreign Secretary has been warned to keep Britain’s relationship with France “as close as possible” as she faces criticism for the comment, made…

Britain and its people will always be allies of France, President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday, after the frontrunner to be Britain's next prime minister said she had yet to decide if he was a friend or an enemy.

The energy price cap is now being reviewed every three months instead of every six

The next Prime Minsiter is under pressure to freeze energy bills after an 80% rise in the price cap by confirmed by regulator Ofgem on Friday morning

Comments come as chancellor, Nadhim Zahawi, says Britons should consider cutting down on energy use