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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Ashley Cowburn

Rishi Sunak told to scrap £200m ‘cobbled together loophole’ giving second home owners multiple energy rebates

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Rishi Sunak should scrap an estimated £200m “loophole” that allows wealthy owners of second homes to receive multiple energy rebates, the shadow chancellor has said.

In an interview with The Independent, Rachel Reeves claimed the system’s design was a result of the chancellor’s support package being “cobbled together at the last minute” and amid damaging Partygate headlines.

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