Martin Lewis warns lives will be lost without more help on energy bills

Expert says Tory ministers and leadership candidates doing nothing to allay people's panic and dismay

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The money saving expert Martin Lewis has criticised Liz Truss for failing to come up with a plan to tackle catastrophic" energy price rises and warned that people will die without help.

Reacting to confirmation that the average household energy bill will increase to 3,549, Lewis said: This is a catastrophe ... if we do not get further government intervention, on top of what was announced in May, then lives will be lost this winter."