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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Kiran Stacey, Pippa Crerar, Jessica Elgot and Helena Horton

Reeves considers cut to green levies in effort to reduce cost of energy bills

Rachel Reeves and Ed Miliband visit Cambridge Vacuum Engineering in Waterbeach, Cambridge
If Rachel Reeves carries out the plan, Ed Miliband, right, may have to fund home energy efficiency upgrades through the £13bn warm homes plan. Photograph: Kirsty O’Connor/Treasury

Rachel Reeves is considering slashing funding for more energy efficient homes to pay for a reduction in energy bills, sources have told the Guardian, as the chancellor looks for ways to ease the cost of living in this month’s budget.

Reeves is finalising a multibillion pound energy support package that is likely to cut taxes and green levies from people’s bills as she looks to save as much as £170 from the average bill.

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