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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Alex Lawson Energy correspondent

Cost to Treasury of subsidising home energy bills falls by £5bn, experts say

Energy bill
The energy price guarantee will cost the government £37bn, Cornwall Insight predicts. Photograph: UrbanImages/Alamy

The predicted cost of subsidising household energy bills to the Treasury has fallen by £5bn after a drop in wholesale gas prices, a leading consultancy has said.

Cornwall Insight has forecast the government’s policy to protect households from the cost of living crisis – the energy price guarantee (EPG) – will now cost £37bn.

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