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Originally Posted by 1andrew1
Energy support scheme being cut back to save £bns - price guarantee for households to only remain universal until April 2023. After that it will face some sort of means test. Ironically, Truss was only criticising Starmer in PMQs on Wednesday for advocating a six-month energy support scheme.
I think this may be the least popular measure announced today though, depending on how underlying energy prices work out.
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That could prove disastrous. By means testing it the same families likely to not be covered will be those getting hammered by rising mortgage rates.