Sunak pledges £10bn to help vulnerable with soaring energy bills
by Ben Quinn from World news | The Guardian on (#62E4T)
Former chancellor outlines support package for up to 16 million vulnerable people
Rishi Sunak has said he would find up to 10bn to help people facing rising energy bills, as a minister backing his Conservative leadership rival indicated that direct support for the hard-pressed would be announced in a considered way".
Acknowledging he would have to increase government borrowing to tackle the crisis, the former chancellor sketched out what he envisaged would be a support package for up to 16 million vulnerable people.
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