Higher energy bills a price worth paying for UK security, says Truss

Prime minister says cost of weaning UK off cheap gas and oil will not be passed on to bill payers

Higher energy bills are a price worth paying to guarantee the UK's security from foreign aggressors, but the cost should not be passed on to householders, Liz Truss has said.

The British prime minister warned that the UK must not jeopardise its safety for the sake of cheap gas and oil from authoritarian regimes such as Russia.