I am pleased to hear the Chancellor, Rishi Sunak, has announced that the Government is taking steps to assist households that are facing rises in their energy bills;
Every domestic energy customer will receive a £200 'smoothing' rebate on energy bills to be repaid at £40 a year over 5 years. The upfront discount on bills will be applied in October.
a non-repayable Council Tax rebate, in April, of £150 for homes in Council Tax bands A-D, helping 21 million households of both lower and middle income families.
A discretionary fund for local authorities to support households not eligible for the Council Tax rebate.
Extending eligibility for the Warm Homes Discount (worth £150) by a third to reach 3 million vulnerable households.
This means over 28 million households will receive £350 of help towards their energy bills in the next year, just over half of the increase in the price cap announced by Ofgem today.
