THE Government will do “everything we can” to help with crippling heating and fuel bills, Boris Johnson said today on the eve of his major energy announcement.
He sympathised with families facing “unquestionably tough times” and promised to “look after people” struggling to make ends meet.
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But dampening hopes of another cash bonanza, the PM warned there was only so much he could spend to cushion Brits from the cost of living storm.
Ahead of unveiling his long-awaited energy strategy, Mr Johnson said: “We will do everything we can to help people with the energy price spikes.
“They are being exacerbated by what Putin is doing in Ukraine. We’ll have to see how long that goes on for.
“But as we did during Covid, we will make sure we look after people to the best of our ability.
Yet he played down expectations of more immediate measures to ease the pain of sky-high bills and petrol prices at tomorrow’s announcement.
On a hospital visit to Welwyn Garden City he said: “We’ve got to be frank with people, there’s a limit to the amount of taxpayers’ money we can simply push towards trying to deal with global energy price spikes.
“But what we can do is make sure that we fix some of the long-term problems and I think it was a great mistake not to invest long-term in nuclear power.”
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The centrepiece of Mr Johnson’s energy strategy is believed to be the promise of seven new nuclear reactors.
Cutting off from Russia’s oil and gas supply to defund Putin’s war chest has spurred the need for Britain to find alternative sources of energy.
Mr Johnson has said he wants to “bet big” on nuclear energy, and is also understood to be considering onshore wind and hydrogen as green forms of power.
Some Tory MPs want the PM to tap into our vast supplies of shale gas by lifting the moratorium on fracking.
Earlier this week Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng wrote to scientists asking them to explore the merits of this.
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