Officials have drawn up contingency plans to cut further green levies from energy bills if prices remain high this winter, The i Paper has been told.
Rachel Reeves’s Treasury has been working on plans for a package of support for households after energy prices soared following Donald Trump’s war with Iran.
Andy Burnham, who is currently uncontested to become the next prime minister, is expected to stick to the current Government’s commitment to provide help if energy prices stay high this winter.
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In his first major speech since returning as an MP, Burnham said: “I heard on doorsteps in Makerfield how people need a bit extra now to help with rising costs… I will do my very best to deliver it and, while not taking risks with the public finances, will seek to give Britain some breathing space as soon as I can.”
