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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Rupert Jones and Alex Lawson

What Jeremy Hunt’s U-turn on energy bills support means for you

Smart meter with budget exceeded warning
Gas and electricity bills had been subsidised through the energy price guarantee and that support will continue until the end of June. Photograph: Just Jus/Alamy

Jeremy Hunt has confirmed a widely trailed U-turn on his plan announced last autumn to make the government’s energy support for households less generous.

The Treasury has subsidised gas and electricity bills for every household through the energy price guarantee (EPG) since October. On Wednesday morning the Treasury revealed that support would continue at its current level for another three months. So what might that decision mean for you?

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