Keir Starmer's flagship pledge to cut £150 from household energy bills this spring has been branded a 'complete scam' after new figures and frozen tax thresholds revealed that many taxpayers will actually pay more overall from April, according to analysis released this week in the UK. The energy bill pledge, heavily promoted by the prime minister in February as proof he was 'putting money in working people's pockets,' is now being accused of masking a tax shift rather than delivering a genuine saving.
