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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Henry Saker-Clark

Household energy bills expected to jump to three-year high in October

The removal of VAT from electricity bills has been welcomed in Scotland – but Holyrood ministers and others want to see more action from the UK Government on energy costs (Jacob King/PA) -

Household energy prices are set increase again to the highest level for three years heading into winter, according to new forecasts.

Bills are due to increase despite the Prime Minister’s plan to remove VAT from household electricity bills from October.

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