The UK Government has announced that nearly one million households who initially slipped through the cracks of a programme designed to help people with their energy bills will be able to apply for support from the start of next year.
People who live in park homes, houseboats, off-grid and care homes, or pay their energy bills as part of all-inclusive rent directly to their landlord will be able to get £400 in support - matching what is currently being paid out to an estimated 29 million households across the UK with a direct connection to their energy supplier. The Energy Bill Support Scheme has been providing households with a £66/£67 discount to their electricity bill since October and will continue until the end of March.
Business and Energy Secretary Grant Shapps MP said that the additional support will extend to the 900,000 households in Great Britain which do not have a direct relationship with an energy supplier, including Travellers.
