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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Rowena Mason and Nicola Davis

GPs reject Treasury plan for them to prescribe money off energy bills

Form and stethoscope
The shadow health secretary, Wes Streeting, said the Conservatives ‘haven’t got a clue about the level of pressure on the NHS’. Photograph: Anthony Devlin/PA

Senior GPs have rejected the Treasury’s idea that they could prescribe money off energy bills for the most vulnerable, as officials scramble for proposals to present to Liz Truss next month.

The Treasury is looking at the unusual concept, as the frontrunner to be the new prime minister signalled over the weekend that she will examine the options for helping with costs – now forecast to top £6,000 next year when she takes office.

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