Brits are set to be given tips by the government to save up to £420 a year on their energy bills, it emerged today.
Turning boiler temperatures down and taking showers rather than baths are likely to be two pieces of advice to reduce bills in a £25m public information campaign that is being drawn up.
Celebrities and ministers are reportedly due to take part in giving the advice to people as many are struggling up and down the country to pay their energy bills.
The Mirror understands the ideas - revealed in a newspaper report - are being looked at, though no final decisions have been made.
It came as Chancellor Jeremy Hunt warned universal energy bills support will not continue beyond spring 2024 - even if household bills remain high.
He warned Brits will have to "take responsibility" for saving their own energy and "think about how they reduce" consumption - part of a government target to cut usage by 15%.
Similar campaigns about saving energy have been used in other countries including France and Germany.
But it is a U-turn after Liz Truss refused to launch an energy-saving drive even though costs were soaring, in an act of 'lunacy'.
Former Cabinet Minister Kit Malthouse tweeted: "At last. I pushed hard for this at Cabinet Office and could not understand the resistance from others. Makes total sense, especially when we are limiting the pricing signal."
The government has reconsidered as it prepares to spend more than £37billion by March 2024 propping up people's bills.
The average bill will be capped at £2,500 until March 2023 and then £3,000 from April 2023 until March 2024. Yet Ofgem today said without that government support, the average bill would rise to £4,279 in January 2023.
That means the government is essentially paying the difference of nearly £1,800 per home per year.
In the UK Government’s campaign, reports The Times, officials have come up with eight ways that people can save up to £420 a year with “no loss to comfort”.
Reducing boiler temperatures could save £80, turning off the heating when going out could help Brits out by £105 and switching off radiators in empty rooms could rescue an additional £105.
Other potential measures, such as turning down thermostats or taking shorter showers, were rejected due to concerns it could affect health and risk being seen as "nannying".
Mr Hunt told MPs in a Treasury Committee that if the public reduced their energy usage by 15% they could save £500 per year on bills.
He said: "In the long run we're going to need everything to help crack this problem if we're not going to have a huge additional burden on taxpayers which will ultimately lead to the high taxes that I certainly don't believe are desirable."
He said while the Government will support the most vulnerable, "for most people we need you to play your part in reducing our energy dependency on what Putin chooses to do in Ukraine.
"That's why we've got this national ambition to reduce energy consumption by 15% - the EU ambition is 13% - other countries are doing the same thing.
"That isn't just a national level, that's for every household."
