Rishi Sunak said he will increase cost of living payments by "a few hundred pounds" if he becomes the next Prime Minister.
The Tory leadership hopeful said he is "confident" he could find the money to help struggling Brits with rising living costs if he wins the keys to No10 next month.
Political figures have been calling the outgoing Prime Minister to engage in urgent crisis talks to help Brits as we approach one of the most difficult winters.
Mr Sunak said it's hard to be precise, but household bills will be increasing by several hundred pounds.
When asked by ITV news if he planned to increase support by the same figure, Mr Sunak said: "Yes."
The former Chancellor claimed he has rolled out support for Brits in his cabinet job and he is certain he can do it again.
He added: “What I am worried about is Liz Truss ’s plans on tax are not going to provide any help for those people.”
Expressing his "confidence" in his capacity to help people Mr Sunak said: “Well, I need to obviously have the job and go through all the numbers in detail, but it’s very clear that for the scale of the things that we’re talking about, given what we think the bills are going to be, the money we need, I’m confident that we can find the money from across Government.”
His comments came after his rival Liz Truss refused to commit to extra support for families struggling with the cost of living.
Experts predict energy bills could top £4,200 in the new year.
Speaking during a campaign visit to Huddersfield, the Foreign Secretary said that if she became prime minister she would “see what the situation is like” in the autumn.
Senior Tory MP and chairman of the Liaison Committee Sir Bernard Jenkin called for the reintroduction of the Universal Credit uplift ahead of skyrocketing inflation.
Comparing the energy price increases to a “second crisis” after Covid, he told the BBC's Radio 4 Today programme: "This is a very serious situation … and these decisions are going to have to be made in the context of the economy as a whole, but this is like Covid, a second crisis.
"We are effectively at war in Europe and this is imposing enormous extra costs on the economy and on households. There’s no avoiding the need for us to take some action.”
