As details of the new prime minister’s plan to tackle soaring household bills emerged on Tuesday, some of the UK’s largest pub groups, food chains and retailers were among the biggest risers on the London stock market as investors bet that support for struggling families would bolster household spending across the economy.
The price cap, expected to be announced on Thursday after Truss assembles her cabinet, would freeze an average energy bill at about £2,500 a year and come with a price tag for the exchequer of up to £90bn.
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