Liz Truss has been criticised for making false claims about energy bills during a difficult round of media interviews on Thursday.
The prime minister was lost for words at points as she faced her first round of bruising media appearances after the economic fallout of the mini-budget.
Her comments on how much people would be paying for energy bills this winter raised particular concern, after she incorrectly stated that Britons would not pay more than 2,500 for their energy.
Truss told BBC Radio Kent listeners: “We have taken action by the government stepping in and making sure that nobody is paying fuel bills of more than 2,500”.
She repeated the claim on BBC Radio Leeds, saying: “Through the energy price guarantee, the maximum will be 2,500.”
Truss made the same claim over the weekend, telling CNN that “no household” would have to pay more than 2,500 in energy bills under the Energy Price Guarantee.
The scheme, however, does not provide a 2,500 cap on energy bills – and the prime minister has been urged to urgently correct the record over fears that people will use more energy than they can afford under the misapprehension that there is a cap.
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In reality, the energy price cap limits the price per unit that consumers can be charged at a level that means a typical household will pay around 2,500 per year.
Households that use more energy will pay more.
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