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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Larry Elliott Economics editor

Economists demand urgent action on energy bills to avert ‘catastrophe’

Woman reading or checking electricity meter with an electricity bill.
‘Soaring energy bills risk causing serious physical and financial damage to families across Britain,’ said one economist. Photograph: UrbanImages/Alamy

Physical and financial harm will be caused to millions of vulnerable families unless the government takes action to avert a winter catastrophe by cutting energy bills, leading economists have warned.

In the run-up to the announcement of the new energy price cap tomorrow the Resolution Foundation thinktank said radical policies such as price freezes, solidarity taxes or lower social tariffs were needed to prevent the cost of living crisis worsening.

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