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Dan Bloom & Ashley Cowburn & Aaron Morris

Energy bills help to only last six months instead of two years, in colossal Jeremy Hunt Budget U-turn

Billions of pounds worth of promised energy help will be ditched in a major Budget U-turn, which leaves Liz Truss's plans - and premiership - in tatters.

New Chancellor Jeremy Hunt, has junked the flagship Energy Price Guarantee beyond next April in a surprise announcement - in an attempt to stabilise the markets.

The Mirror reports that instead of average energy bills becoming capped at £2,500 per year for two years with all households eligible, the assistance will now only be universal for a mere six month period.

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