Families must look at how to cut energy use this winter, says Ben Wallace

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace advised cutting energy use

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Families were today urged by a senior Cabinet minister to look at ways of reducing their energy use this winter amid concerns that the Government’s £400 discount on soaring bills won’t be enough to ease the pressure on household budgets.

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace suggested that with energy prices “going up and up and up”, partly due to the war in Ukraine, Britain could follow the example set by European governments which have introduced a plan to save gas use by 15 per cent until next spring.