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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Alex Lawson Energy correspondent

Is Liz Truss right to say no one will get an energy bill over £2,500?

An online energy bill
Some say people are being misled and could be hit with unexpected and unaffordable energy bills. Photograph: Jacob King/PA

Liz Truss has faced calls to correct publicly her comment that households will not have to pay more than £2,500 for their energy bills this year after government intervention.

It is less than a month since she announced the energy price guarantee, designed to insulate Britons from the worst of the energy crisis caused by rising wholesale gas prices. However, Truss has already created confusion about her own policy. Here, we unpick the situation.

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