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Sky-rocketing energy bills are set to cause a winter of suffering, but calls for urgent measures to protect poorer households have been dismissed during the bitter Conservative leadership election.

Consultancy agency Cornwall Insight sounded the alarm this week as it warned that typical household energy bills could reach £4,266 a year by next January, but Boris Johnson rejected demands for immediate emergency plans until a new prime minister is installed next month.

This morning, leadership contender Rishi Sunak attempted to grasp the nettle, challenging his rival Liz Truss to follow suit. But frontrunner Truss gave little sign she was prepared to take further action at the latest party hustings in Cheltenham last night.

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Meanwhile, the UK appears to be heading into a drought after the driest start to a year since 1976 and with temperatures forecast to soar this weekend.

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Need a reminder of some of the other headlines over the past seven days?

• The FBI raided Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in a search allegedly linked to his handling of classified and sensitive material.
• The US Senate passed a $750bn bill to tackle climate change, healthcare issues and soaring inflation in a major victory for the Democrats ahead of the November mid-term elections.
• A temporary ceasefire has been agreed between Israel and Gaza-based Palestinian militants following three days of fighting which marked the most serious flare-up in the region since May 2021.
• Fighting and shelling at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine have intensified calls from the UN to access the facility to try to avoid a nuclear disaster similar to Chernobyl.