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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
August Graham

Fact check: Renewables Obligation already set to be reduced for three years

The Renewables Obligation supports energy generation (Andrew Milligan/PA) - (PA Archive)

Reform UK promised on Tuesday to “take £200 off the average family’s energy bill” in its first budget.

It said it would do that by scrapping VAT on energy bills, abolishing the Renewables Obligation – a type of subsidy for some energy producers – and the Carbon Price Support, a levy paid by fossil fuel electricity producers.

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