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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Pippa Crerar, Jessica Elgot , Aubrey Allegretti and Phillip Inman

Liz Truss set to announce £130bn energy bill bailout

Liz Truss at her first prime minister’s questions.
Liz Truss at her first prime minister’s questions. Photograph: PRU/AFP/Getty Images

Liz Truss will finally present her long-awaited plans to tackle soaring energy bills on Thursday, with some Tory MPs conceding this is already a make-or-break moment for her entire premiership.

The new prime minister is expected to announce to MPs that bills will be frozen at about £2,500 a year until 2024 as part of a package of support costing up to £130bn, funded by the taxpayer, as she tries to address the most significant economic crisis in a generation.

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