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Boris Johnson has said the next prime minister, either Rishi Sunak or Liz Truss, is “unquestionably” going to have another package to help households with the cost of living crisis.
Speaking to reporters during a visit to Barrow-in-Furness, Mr Johnson was asked about the government’s plans to ensure that fresh food is on the shelves this winter.
“I understand the anxiety people have about the cost of food and the way it’s been increasing,” he said.
“Food, like so many other products, is basically being driven by the spike in the cost of energy and I really, really understand why people are anxious about it.
“The thing that we are doing, first of all, is making sure that we can help people to buy what is there and putting in the support.”
He added: “Every household, 29 million households, will get £400 in October, every pensioner in the country will get £300 in November, everybody who’s entitled to disability benefits gets £150. But don’t forget that when the handover comes, the next prime minister is unquestionably going to have another package to help.”
Disability benefits for millions to be ‘wiped out’ by energy bills
Millions of Britons with disabilities or long-term illnesses are to have their benefits wiped out by soaring bills, new figures reveal.
Energy bills are expected to reach an estimated £5,386 per year by January, but benefits to help the 2.9 million who receive personal independence payment (PIP) are not due to rise until April 2023.
Charities are warning that disabled people will be among the hardest-hit groups over winter as a result, and are already being forced to cut back on carers amid spiralling living costs.
My colleague Samuel Lovett has the full story:
Disability benefits for millions to be ‘wiped out’ by soaring energy bills
Exclusive: Charities warn disabled households are among hardest hit by energy crisis, which could see 91% of their benefits eaten by cost of bills
What is the Queen’s role in the appointment of a new prime minister?
The Queen plays an important constitutional role in the appointment of a new prime minister.
Boris Johnson will travel to see the head of state to formally tender his resignation, while the new Conservative Party leader will be asked to form a government.
A prime minister’s resignation audience has always traditionally taken place at Buckingham Palace, but the key audiences will take place next Tuesday in Balmoral instead.
Read the full story:
What is the Queen’s role in the appointment of a new prime minister?
The appointment of a prime minister is ‘one of the few remaining personal prerogatives of the Sovereign’.
Timeline of how and when the new prime minister will be announced
The Tory leadership contest is coming to a close, with polls suggesting Liz Truss is the favourite to become prime minister, beating Rishi Sunak.
Here’s a timeline of what happens next as the new prime minister is appointed. Unusual circumstances mean some of the details are different to normal:
What happens next in the Tory leadership contest and when we will know the result?
The process of announcing a new prime minister will be different from previous years
Keir Starmer says he’s ‘not focused on Owen Jones’
Sir Keir Starmer on Wednesday he would not join striking rail workers on picket lines, despite union leaders call for more support. Sir Keir said he had a “different” job of getting his party elected.
Asked again if he would join TSSA workers on the picket line, he said: “No. I want a Labour government, I want to be a Labour prime minister. You can’t sit around the Cabinet table resolving issues and then walk onto a picket line, they are different jobs.”
Asked about criticism from commentator Owen Jones – who dubbed him a “professional political conman”, Starmer said: “I know Owen, I like Owen, I’m sorry Owen ... I’m not focused on Owen, I’m focused intently on winning the next general election.”
Working from home could add an extra £131 to energy bills
Working from home could add an extra £131 a month to energy bills under the new price cap, consumers have been warned.
Employees have been advised to weigh up the cost of their commute against the soaring price of energy from 1 October – with those paying less than £30 a week for travel possibly better off going in to the office to save money, Uswitch said.
A typical household will run up a £363 monthly bill for gas and electricity under Ofgem’s new price cap for the three months from 1 October.
Larger households with a higher energy consumption are likely to pay £513 a month, rising to £698 for those who are working from home.
New PM to be handed options to speed up key decision-making
Cabinet Office minister Kit Malthouse said he has asked government departments to produce options for the next administration so that decisions can be made "quickly" to further address the rising cost of living.
After leading a cross-government meeting on preparatory work, Mr Malthouse said: "I've tasked departments with identifying the key operational decisions that should be taken without delay across priority risks such as health, energy, cost of living, supply chain disruption, labour market shortages, and industrial action, that have the potential to compound together.
"They will also map out the key moments over the next 18 months where specific groups of society may be significantly impacted, including the clinically vulnerable, socially and economically deprived, the elderly, the young, and the disabled, and produce further options so that decisions can be made quickly once a new administration is in place."
The Cabinet Office said the government is working to ensure that gas and electricity system operators have the right tools to respond to fluctuations in supply and demand.
It said the Treasury and Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy will also prepare options for the new administration on possible energy market interventions to lower prices, bring down bills and help manage overall supply.
Queen to receive new prime minister in Scotland for the first time
The Queen will receieve outgoing prime minsiter Boris Johnson at Balmoral rather than London or Windsor in an historic first, Buckingham Palace has announced.
The meeting will be followed by an audience with his successsor as PM on Tuesday 6 September after the announcement of either Liz Truss or Rishi Sunak as new Conservative leader.
Emily Atkinson has details of why this decision was made:
Queen to receive new prime minister in Scotland for the first time, Palace confirms
The monarch has faced episodic mobility issues since last autumn
Even people earning £50,000 ‘are going to be struggling,’ says Starmer
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer said his party's £29 billion plan to freeze energy bills would help all households because even people earning £50,000 "are going to be struggling".
Defending the decision to offer universal help rather than support targeted only at the poorest households, he said: "If you apply it to everyone, it helps bring inflation down by 4 per cent because energy prices push up inflation."
He told Channel 5's Jeremy Vine: "I think if you're on £50 grand you're going to really struggle with £4,000 on your energy bills.
"I think there will be many people watching who accept 'I'm not the hardest-up, I've got a decent wage, but £4,000 on my energy bills is more than I can afford'."
Sir Keir told the programme people are "worried sick" about their bills but "at the same time you've got oil and gas companies making huge profits".
"The Labour Party under my leadership is not going to walk past this and leave people struggling this winter."
More will need to be done to ease energy bill pain, says housing minister
Housing minister Marcus Jones has said the current package of support to ease the pain of soaring energy bills is “significant”, but conceded “more needs to be done”.
Jones – a backer of Rishi Sunak in the Tory leadership – told Sky News: “It’s important the current prime minister is giving the opportunity to the new prime minister too look at the situation and make decision accordingly.
“Absolutely I’m in no doubt that more will need to be done to help people.”
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