The Labour government is following in the footsteps of Sunak’s in continuing to offer discounted energy this winter.
The Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero believes this is sufficient to cover the needs of the nearly six million families he says it will benefit.
Such an approach is now an old refrain in the UK, where savings and bills are a choice that many have to make. It’s also indicative of a coupon-led groupthink in central government.
The handing out of vouchers has effectively denied the public the possibility of a check on unreasonable price rises in a time when green energy now overwhelming promises to bring them down.
The low usage households among us are still stitched up with costly fees alongside fuel charges that are not marginal in the slightest.
The total amount may equal more meals for a family table, and yet this isn’t reflected in the government’s policy.
