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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jon Stone,Andrew Woodcock and Adam Forrest

Liz Truss caps energy bills until 2024

Reuters

A typical household in Britain will pay no more than £2,500 a year for energy bills until October 2024 under a new government guarantee, Liz Truss has announced.

Under the prime minister’s flagship plan to deal with soaring household bills the existing energy price cap will be replaced with an "energy price guarantee" with the government paying energy suppliers to cover the gap with market prices from 1 October.

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