A bid to force ministers to speed up efforts to explain the energy support for households after April has been rejected in the Commons. New Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced on Monday he was scaling back the energy support package, with the two-year price freeze now only running for six months.
Mr Hunt said the UK Government will launch a review on how to target support to those most in need after April in a bid to save taxpayers' cash. The SNP sought to amend the Energy Prices Bill, which puts in law the support package and was fast-tracked through the Commons, to require ministers to set out to Parliament the full details on the different scenarios from April within 28 days of it receiving royal assent.
SNP energy spokesman Alan Brown cited previous comments from Prime Minister Liz Truss as he warned Business Secretary Jacob Rees-Mogg the average household energy bill will rise from an average of £2,500 per year to £6,000 per year from April if no further support arrives.
