LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday that his finance minister Rishi Sunak was looking to bring forward a package of measures to help people cope with a rise in energy costs.
“We all understand the pressures that the cost of living crunch is putting on people, and it’s being driven … by the inflation that you’re seeing around the world, particularly in energy costs,” Johnson told broadcasters.
“The chancellor is looking at a package of things to abate energy costs.”
(Reporting by William James and Michael Holden)
