People in Wales are being advised they can apply for £200 to help towards their fuel bills. The Welsh Government has launched its fuel support scheme today which offers eligible households cash to help them pay their gas and electric bills this winter.
Millions of people are expected to struggle to pay their bills in the coming months with costs of energy soaring. Prime Minister Liz Truss recently announced a new energy price guarantee from October 1 which will see the typical household energy bill capped at £2,500 - or around £200 a month - for the next two years in a bid to ease the cost crisis.
While it will help struggling consumers as the guarantee is lower than the previously announced price cap for October, which was £3,549, energy bills this winter will still be around 95% higher than they were last winter, and the cost of the scheme is estimated to cost billions of pounds.
