As the two candidates prepared for another slugfest in front of Tory members tonight in County Durham, they exchanged blows over the escalating gas and electricity price crisis.

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The energy price cap is supposed to protect households from unpayable bills.

But analysts today warned that the cap will rise so high that average bills could approach £4,300 pounds early in the new year.

Boris Johnson has said that taking action will be down to whoever takes over from him.

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