Cost of living crisis: Government "must act to ensure parents can feed their children" as energy cap skyrockets

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

56% :Peter Matejic, chief analyst at the JRF, said: "With the price cap very likely to increase significantly and forecast to remain high well throughout next year, our analysis shows it is a sheer fantasy to think struggling families can pay these stratospheric energy bills without further Government intervention on a significant scale.
45% : Front-runner for Number 10 Liz Truss admitted she was looking at assistance "across the board" despite in the past insisting she was focused on slashing taxes, as outgoing premier Boris Johnson broke his silence on the crisis, telling reporters that more help will be announced next month - but declined to give further detail.

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