Next PM will ‘plainly’ have to help people with energy bills, says Johnson

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

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Boris Johnson has said the next UK prime minister will plainly" have to give people extra cash for their energy bills but the wealthiest should not see their bills capped.

Johnson put pressure on his successor, who is likely to be Liz Truss, saying the cash handouts are clearly going to be augmented, increased, by extra cash that the government is plainly going to be announcing in September".