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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Dan Bloom

Government draws up 'demented' plan to send Brits to GPs for an energy bills discount

Tory ministers face a backlash over “demented” plans to send Brits to their GP - for a doctor’s note discount off energy bills.

The idea is one of several drawn up by Treasury officials to cut bills this winter - and Liz Truss or Rishi Sunak could choose whether to implement it once in No10.

But Labour said ministers had “lost the plot” as waits to see a GP are already so high - and doctors don’t hold Brits’ financial records.

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