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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Kiran Stacey Political correspondent

UK billpayers may pick up tab for green levies as energy price cap ends

Man laying loft insulation in attic roofspace
The levies were designed to fund schemes such as subsidised home insulation. Photograph: DWImages/Alamy

Consumers are in line to pay an extra £170 in green levies as the government’s energy price cap comes to an end for most billpayers.

John Glen, the chief secretary to the Treasury, said on Sunday that ministers were considering what to do about the levies, which the government has paid since last year and are designed to fund schemes such as subsidised home insulation.

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